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grovel - use in sentences
Preposition: at
- end: The water disappears into a grovel at the downslope end, and possibly ( ?
Object
- tribute: Amid all the groveling, hypocritical tributes paid to her this week, here are some facts to remember.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel.
- sufficiently: If anyone failed to grovel sufficiently a servant was brought out and nailed to the wall.
- about: My last glimpses were that of a pitiful human being, groveling about on all fours, vomiting out large volumes of blood.
- so: He thought of spirits, but the sounds were so groveling and dog like that he was disgusted at the idea.
Preposition: before
- priest: This in spite of the fact that 95 % of the population no longer grovel before priests.
Preposition: in
- dust: In the great mountain ranges, let the teeming multitudes grovel in the dust for her.
- front: It screamed, with a photo of two white men yoked and forced to grovel in front of a black man.
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