Noun : The nobles gave obeisance to the new king. From Dictionary.com.
Beggars were obeisant, even though it was insincere. From Wordnik.com. [Soul of the Fire]
"The adorable creature is not always precisely obeisant," observed. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
This leaves McCain's chance to win with faulty electronic voting machines, an obeisant U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
You can describe their treatment of her as impressively chivalrous or as excessively obeisant. From Wordnik.com. ['Who's John McCain?'] Reference
Do we want the President of the United States of America to be obeisant to foreign potentates?. From Wordnik.com. ["Americans do not bow to royalty. In my view, when the royal is the ruling tyrant of a despotic regime, the wrong is compounded."] Reference
Barack Obama is being called an elitist by Rush Limbaugh and his hypnotically obeisant, hypocritical clones. From Wordnik.com. [Lionel: Rush Limbaughland: Where the Elite Meet to Bleat] Reference
Clearly delighted to be back among his own kind, an obeisant Gragelouth put their questions to his fellow merchant. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
Down below a half-dozen motorcades -- blue lights flashing, sirens wailing -- brought the city to an obeisant standstill. From Wordnik.com. [Gerhard-Bill-Lionel-Tonyism?] Reference
Is Ms. Schultz correct, is there a obeisant segment of society willing to lay down and pay homage to self proclaimed leaders?. From Wordnik.com. [21st Century Serfs and Slaves] Reference
She imports patterns, and they become the mode; her caterer invents dishes, and they are copied throughout the obeisant world. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
He is back in Moscow, greeting an obeisant array of international leaders who sing his praises and sign meaningless agreements. From Wordnik.com. [Reports Of His Death...] Reference
Corruption at the department head level, incompetence and obeisant servitude required in lower ranks of DOT and other agency employees. From Wordnik.com. [Seattle Council, KC Exec Support Highway-Heavy Transportation Plan « PubliCola] Reference
After a barrage of the boy's tedious and lengthy explanations and many obeisant hand ges'tures, the man longed for the other servant'the voiceless one. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Queen]
He entered through the obeisant port as warily as if the compact craft were crammed to its outer shell with a contingent of waiting, heavily armed representatives of the law. From Wordnik.com. [The Chronicles of Riddick]
The Malaysian leader became Tokyo's most obeisant supplicant -- he imported a Mitsubishi auto plant and called the resulting product the Malaysian national car -- but he wasn't the only one. From Wordnik.com. [Here's To A Rapid Recovery] Reference
And swift with her obeisant wave bright Ganga followed him afar. From Wordnik.com. [National Epics] Reference
The problem is also not the obeisant and loyal students of Quinnipiac. From Wordnik.com. [Yale Daily News: Latest Issue] Reference
Rush attacks liberals and only his constituency nods in obeisant affirmation. From Wordnik.com. [The Latest on Air America] Reference
The waiter was simultaneously cheeky and obeisant of authority, as Aussies tend to be. From Wordnik.com. [Esquire.com Article Feed] Reference
State-obeisant cost committees will make life-and-death decisions and render the Hippocratic Oath a nullity. From Wordnik.com. [naplesnews.com Stories] Reference
The vigorous swish of her habit set the giant ferns on either side bowing and swaying, like obeisant minions. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Isn't it just that Howard got us all used to the most obeisant, obsequious kind of cronyism when it came to the USA?. From Wordnik.com. [Crikey » Canberra Calling] Reference
Obama has run a rather standard Democratic campaign, largely obeisant to party constituencies and allergic to difficult choices. From Wordnik.com. [The New Editor] Reference
Yet Obama has run a rather standard Democratic campaign, largely obeisant to party constituencies and allergic to difficult choices. From Wordnik.com. [Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.] Reference
How do these non-biological entities, existing through an obeisant contrivance of government, merit equal protection of the constitution?. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
I'm not sure what to make of that, but then again I'm not sure that they're not just clever trolls playing the part, because they almost sound too obeisant and cloying to be real. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
She speaks not a word in answer to the friendly salutation of the cacique; but stands silent in bent, obeisant attitude, with her skinny arms crossed over her breast, as it waiting to hear what he would further say. From Wordnik.com. [Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco] Reference
And obeisant and redy to his hond. From Wordnik.com. [The Canterbury Tales] Reference
"Ease and health, obeisant children, wisdom, and a fair-voiced wife. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems.] Reference
And turned obeisant when the sage. From Wordnik.com. [Ramayana. English] Reference
Shewed not so kingly to the obeisant sight. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems.] Reference
"chic, austere, and ultimately a bore; the staff is attentive, knowledgeable, and almost uncomfortably obeisant. From Wordnik.com. [Gothamist] Reference
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