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Explore Groveling through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like cringing or grovelling. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Groveling | Grovel

Groveling meaning

  1. Showing excessive, servile respect or submission, often to gain favor or forgiveness.
  2. Of an animal, having the belly or face towards or on the ground.

Synonyms of Groveling

cringing grovelling wormlike wormy submissive

Related words

Other words often associated with Groveling or its synonyms:

bowing humble spiritless worn bowed subordinate meek abject obedient dominated

Using Groveling

  • The main meaning on this page is: Showing excessive, servile respect or submission, often to gain favor or forgiveness. | Of an animal, having the belly or face towards or on the ground.
  • Useful related words include: cringing, grovelling, wormlike, wormy.
  • In the example corpus, groveling often appears in combinations such as: the groveling, of groveling.

Context around Groveling

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

keep 1×

Often after:

comes 1× political 1× millennial 1× obeisance 1×

Sentence patterns with Groveling

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

after the groveling comes social 1× but the groveling millennial brat 1× it was groveling obeisance to 1× keep groveling over your 1× parade of groveling political golems 1× submission or groveling 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after the groveling 1× diplomacy kowtow came 1× eight times out 1× it was groveling 1× keep groveling over 1× we remember and 1×

Common sentence endings:

comes social isolation 1× insecurities and hatred 1× mr hard ass 1× submission or groveling 1× that special really 1× want them back 1×

Words around Groveling

Just before it in the word index:

groveland 17 grovel 11 grovedale 9 grovea 3 grove 1.189 grouting 6

Just after it in the word index:

grovelled 4 grovelling 14 grover 177 grovers 2 groves 273 grovesnor 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Groveling

  • In this selection, "groveling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, keep, comes, political and millennial stand out and add context to how "groveling" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after the groveling comes social and but the groveling millennial brat. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "groveling" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with groveling

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

After the groveling, comes social isolation. (6 words)

Keep groveling over your own insecurities and hatred. (8 words)

It was groveling obeisance to people who weren't that special, really. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Diplomacy Kowtow came into English in the early 19th century to describe the bow itself, but its meaning soon shifted to describe any abject submission or groveling. (27 words)

Eight times out of 10 that's a walk but the groveling millennial brat deigns to take his base and that triggers Mr. Hard Ass. (25 words)

We remember, and in light of today’s pandemic and parade of groveling political golems, who wouldn’t want them back? (21 words)

Question examples

We remember, and in light of today’s pandemic and parade of groveling political golems, who wouldn’t want them back? (21 words)

Example sentences (6)

After the groveling, comes social isolation.

We remember, and in light of today’s pandemic and parade of groveling political golems, who wouldn’t want them back?

Keep groveling over your own insecurities and hatred.

Eight times out of 10 that's a walk but the groveling millennial brat deigns to take his base and that triggers Mr. Hard Ass.

Diplomacy Kowtow came into English in the early 19th century to describe the bow itself, but its meaning soon shifted to describe any abject submission or groveling.

It was groveling obeisance to people who weren't that special, really.

Common combinations with groveling

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "groveling" in a sentence?
An example: "After the groveling, comes social isolation." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "groveling" from authentic English texts.
What does "groveling" mean?
Groveling means: Showing excessive, servile respect or submission, often to gain favor or forgiveness.
What are synonyms of "groveling"?
Common synonyms of "groveling" include: cringing, grovelling, wormlike, wormy, submissive.
How many example sentences with "groveling" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "groveling", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.