His obsequious attendance soon wore on my nerves. From LearnThat.org.
obsequious shop assistants. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I dare say you know two types of natives, which may be called the obsequious and the sullen?. From Wordnik.com. [The Ebb-Tide] Reference
That kind of obsequious attitude plus Gordon Brown's 'light touch regulation' were taken by the 'spiv' element in the City as the signal that anything goes. From Wordnik.com. [John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the...] Reference
The word obsequious springs to mind. From Wordnik.com. [NBC wimped out over "pimped out."] Reference
You may depart for the pasture, my dear obsequious ones. From Wordnik.com. [In the Jaws of Kronos, scene 4] Reference
With a flattering and obsequious bow our guide leads the way. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
But the communique lacked the obsequious tone of his first one. From Wordnik.com. [HUNTING ZARQAWI] Reference
Finally, he stopped and stood before the obsequious Basilivitch. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
The King, still obsequious to Spain, looked on him coldly and askance. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
He dropped her hand at the obsequious voice of the waiter at his elbow. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at School] Reference
It proved to be the valet, obsequious and apologetic, yet full of importance. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
What Washington really wants is a totally obedient, obsequious Pakistan, not real ally. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Margolis: Wikigate - The Truth Will Out] Reference
Affection, in her, took a more obsequious form than it could ever assume in Kate Peyton. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
Does that mean Chan obsequious, diligent was designed to reassure a fearful white public?. From Wordnik.com. [America's No. 1 Chinese Son] Reference
No one could be mistaken; this shaven, obsequious, suavely jovial innkeeper is a Neapolitan. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But the only command which the obsequious Piotr could extract from the young Prince was this. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Bacon, handsome, proud, but obsequious, then arose and addressed the jolly banqueters as follows. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference
The big man spoke his name, and the shadow turned instantly from a guard to an obsequious servant. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
It was considered by the king that Cranmer would be obsequious; hence the latter married the king to. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
In its most disagreeable form it is exhibited as an obsequious flattering and a pretentious humility. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
By common consent, as it appeared, Amilcare at once resumed the obsequious, Cesare the overbearing part. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
She says something cringingly obsequious about how gracious he is for making himself available to the media. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast With Ahmadinejad] Reference
Every body was as obsequious as any body could be, and great things were, of course, expected from the new man. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
The clerk entered an inner office and a moment I later reappeared, and in the most obsequious manner, possible said. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
But the most cordial and obsequious of his wealthy fellow-members were ready enough to criticise him behind his back. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
He had indeed refused to be an obsequious Jefferies, and was looked upon, therefore, as opposed to the administration. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
She alighted at the advertisement office, with its plate glass and gilded letters, and was attended by an obsequious clerk. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
A group of well-groomed men and women laughingly clambered out of a big touring car and passed in before the obsequious attendants. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
The next morning, as "Cobbler" Horn stood talking, for a minute or so, to the captain, the obsequious attendant once more appeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
His manner was deferential, without being obsequious; his voice, clear, sonorous, and distinct, rang on the ear like a well-toned bell. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Yonge, by becoming obsequious to the humours of the revolutioners, secured to themselves the same offices they held from the Proprietors. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
When Liberace wooed his audience he was all obsequious smiles and ingratiating congeniality; Ms. Gaga's default facial expression is a vapid stare. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Gaga and Liberace: Separated at Birth?] Reference
Shyamala B. Cowsik Wassenaar, NetherlandsIt's surprising to note the words "blind, illiterate, obsequious deification" when referring to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: Israel's Front Lines] Reference
I am aware that some people Watching, and not all of them Republicans either, were less amused than disgusted by the obsequious manner of so many of the male interrogators. From Wordnik.com. [Did She Take The Hill?] Reference
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