I guess most of the Negroes in that area were kind of groveling creatures, you know.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Modjeska Simkins, July 28, 1976. Interview G-0056-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

Not sure I've ever heard any Republicans "groveling" to Rush.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference

It is this kind of groveling to queers that will make grovelers of our kids.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

This kind of groveling before the judges was as effective as it was shameless.    From Wordnik.com.  [theithacajournal.com -] Reference

Well, that's not the American way and we won't accept that kind of groveling from our President.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

And yet, having said that, I'm not convinced that the "groveling" explanation for the bow is necessarily the correct one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference

But, groveling in the dust, her parts unsound she trails.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Aeneid English] Reference

The creature was servile -- with almost a groveling servility.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference

He fell groveling upon the floor and crawled to Mic-co's feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diane of the Green Van] Reference

Gasping, dying a thousand deaths, he lay there groveling in the dust.    From Wordnik.com.  [Omega, the Man] Reference

With a little groveling, Hagerman persuaded her to come by the office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stop And Go Start-Ups] Reference

The weaker the Chinese government, the more it insisted on such groveling.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Paulson Push in China] Reference

Some say it appears that the president is groveling towards King Abdullah.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2009] Reference

Let it never be forgotten that there is nothing groveling in Odd-Fellowship.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jericho Road] Reference

He figured that it would send Amos groveling to his knees, begging for mercy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)] Reference

The problem isn't just that advisers can be perceived as dismissive or groveling.    From Wordnik.com.  [News for Brokers, Wealth Managers and Their Clients] Reference

After the way things had ended, I wouldn't mind hearing a little bit of groveling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gena Grish: It's Just Me Against the Universe] Reference

And a year of big bonus chaos, and groveling apologies, the banks sink 10 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2009] Reference

In an industry known for theatrical groveling, this is a particularly juicy prospect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Searching For Nirvana Ii] Reference

Borla ignored the prostrate woman groveling before his feet, as he regarded the next one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference

There was a small empire of groveling imps, each bent on the work of his particular branch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory] Reference

"You will see guys essentially groveling for Trista's attention -- good-looking studs," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spinsterhood Is Powerful] Reference

We look up above and beyond all these petty groveling things and shake hands and forget the past.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference

Its effects may be seen in our down-cast, discouraged, and groveling countrymen, if no where else.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West] Reference

At first directing effort and thought along material lines, ultimately the ideals become groveling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference

Their relationship develops way too fast and she ends up being this clingy groveling high school love puppy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Middle Age] Reference

Better still, Bill Clinton and Bob Dole were embarked upon intense competitive groveling, vying for his blessing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Birth Of Common Sense] Reference

This groveling doesn't come easy: pork farmers take pride in their historic independence from government supports.    From Wordnik.com.  [Defeat At Pork Chop Hill] Reference

Wagner leapt forward from his groveling position and grabbed for it as it fell, reaching out with all his strength.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Revolutions of Time] Reference

Competition in the most dynamic sector of the American economy has been reduced to groveling for government intervention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shouldn't Our Best Companies Compete Freely on Merit?] Reference

           Major Jowles was the name of the store supervisor, the man who relented after I was finished groveling.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 7] Reference

These are the same devout Muslim leaders groveling for patronage from Russia and China, where Muslim minorities are brutally repressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sohrab Ahmari: Iran and the Radical Sunnis] Reference