Wondering how to use Grovel in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as fawn or crawl.
Grovel in a sentence
Related words
Grovel meaning
- To be prone on the ground.
- To crawl.
- To abase oneself before another person.
Using Grovel
- The main meaning on this page is: To be prone on the ground. | To crawl. | To abase oneself before another person.
- Useful related words include: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe.
- In the example corpus, grovel often appears in combinations such as: to grovel, grovel at.
Context around Grovel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grovel
- In this selection, "grovel" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jericho, evil and leaders stand out and add context to how "grovel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allegiances and grovel in the and compelled to grovel before the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grovel" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grovel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A fitting end to the grovel-a-thon. (8 words)
Family, friends, and anybody that doesn’t grovel at his feet. (11 words)
This is shameless electioneering, stooping to a new low to grovel for votes. (13 words)
He and his whole family hold huge grudges (none of his siblings talk to each other) so if I don’t grovel and apologize and suffer through his ranting about how terrible I am, I can almost guarantee we’ll never see each other again. (45 words)
Dr. Anthony Fauci was recently compelled to grovel before the Dear Leader, insisting that when he had said that earlier adoption of social distancing would have saved lives, he of course intended no criticism of the porcelain president. (38 words)
The 70-year-old Cambodian leader welcomes all except the most hardened opponents of the government into the CPP, as long as they jettison their past allegiances and grovel in the prescribed manner. (33 words)
Example sentences (10)
He and his whole family hold huge grudges (none of his siblings talk to each other) so if I don’t grovel and apologize and suffer through his ranting about how terrible I am, I can almost guarantee we’ll never see each other again.
His administration has spared no opportunity to grovel to the Iranian regime, ignoring its countless attacks and provocations, including a plot to murder former U.S. officials in America.
The 70-year-old Cambodian leader welcomes all except the most hardened opponents of the government into the CPP, as long as they jettison their past allegiances and grovel in the prescribed manner.
It really takes away the satisfaction of seeing a top heel like Jericho grovel.
Dr. Anthony Fauci was recently compelled to grovel before the Dear Leader, insisting that when he had said that earlier adoption of social distancing would have saved lives, he of course intended no criticism of the porcelain president.
A fitting end to the grovel-a-thon.
This is shameless electioneering, stooping to a new low to grovel for votes.
Today, the Forces of Evil grovel on social media and yelp on YouTube every day agitating conflict, strife and war.
Family, friends, and anybody that doesn’t grovel at his feet.
He was still elected, and now congressional leaders grovel at his feet and laud his leadership.
Common combinations with grovel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to grovel 3×
- grovel at 3×