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Grovelled is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Grovelled in a sentence

Related words

Grovelled | Grovelling

Grovelled meaning

simple past of grovel

Using Grovelled

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past of grovel

Context around Grovelled

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Grovelled

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

he had grovelled to hitler 1× how she grovelled around like 1× woman who grovelled and flattered 1× would have grovelled at her 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for someone born 1× if my esan 1× my experience was 1× upon arriving in 1×

Common sentence endings:

at her feet 1× by terrifying me 1× grovelled to hitler 1× like a groupie 1×

Words around Grovelled

Just before it in the word index:

groveling 7 groveland 17 grovel 11 grovedale 9 grovea 3 grove 1.189

Just after it in the word index:

grovelling 14 grover 177 grovers 2 groves 273 grovesnor 3 groveton 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Grovelled

  • In this selection, "grovelled" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include he had grovelled to hitler and how she grovelled around like. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "grovelled" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with grovelled

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

If my Esan ancestors weren’t so strong I would have grovelled at her feet. (15 words)

For someone born into wealth and influence, it’s weird how she grovelled around like a groupie. (17 words)

Upon arriving in Flensburg, Albert Speer found Keitel to be grovelling to Dönitz in the same way he had grovelled to Hitler. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

My experience was that she was a vile, sadistic woman who grovelled and flattered in public, sought to revive her ego by terrifying me. (24 words)

Upon arriving in Flensburg, Albert Speer found Keitel to be grovelling to Dönitz in the same way he had grovelled to Hitler. (22 words)

For someone born into wealth and influence, it’s weird how she grovelled around like a groupie. (17 words)

Example sentences (4)

For someone born into wealth and influence, it’s weird how she grovelled around like a groupie.

If my Esan ancestors weren’t so strong I would have grovelled at her feet.

My experience was that she was a vile, sadistic woman who grovelled and flattered in public, sought to revive her ego by terrifying me.

Upon arriving in Flensburg, Albert Speer found Keitel to be grovelling to Dönitz in the same way he had grovelled to Hitler.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "grovelled" in a sentence?
An example: "For someone born into wealth and influence, it’s weird how she grovelled around like a groupie." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "grovelled" from authentic English texts.
What does "grovelled" mean?
Grovelled means: simple past of grovel
How many example sentences with "grovelled" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "grovelled", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.