How To Use Obsequiously In A Sentence
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‘I've always been by your side, Trist,’ Marvin whined obsequiously.
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The upwardly moral children of the bourgeoisie are obsequiously, uncompromisingly virtuous.
Enough About Me. Now, About My Kids...
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The man stepped obsequiously forward and presented a message, for all the world like any ordinary aerogram.
The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix
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‘Thank you, señor,’ the man said obsequiously, pocketing all the money.
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You must guard against those who fawn upon you and bow obsequiously before you!
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Doll Conovan reliably slips backs into Dix's life every time he's released from jail, but he barely acknowledges her existence even when she shares his apartment and caters to his every whim obsequiously truckling, ‘Yeah!’
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Tina raised her hand, ducking her head obsequiously.
Gideon’s war
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And by the way, just as these politicians flattered, overlooked, and cosseted Murdoch in desperate pursuit and defense of their own self-interest -- the way schoolyard victims are obsequiously and tail-waggingly respectful to schoolyard bullies -- so too did both the Labor and Conservative parties coddle the indigenous Murdochs of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria.
Adam Hanft: Murdoch's Arab Summer; We Always Knew, Now We Know
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she acts obsequiously toward her boss
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On the bridge, a Ferengi hurried over to Bok, crouching obsequiously.
Star Trek The Next Generation®
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Erect as a Buckingham Palace guard, he gets his laughs with his eyes, endlessly bulging at the Prime Minister's lapses, and with his obsequiously dominating tone of voice.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Yes, Prime Minister Prime Stage Comedy Meat
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Kissinger, who obsequiously went along with Nixon's expansion of the war, with the bombing of peasant villages in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
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If we were a genuine republic, one of our leading businessmen would not have dared to obsequiously accept a knighthood from a British monarch.
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A liveried waiter comes across, bows obsequiously, and asks George if he would care for the salmon.
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You must guard against those who fawn upon you and bow obsequiously before you!
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Just a little more than a year ago, the Senate obsequiously handed to the President the constitutional authority to declare war.
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Pikoli's lawyers did not agree that he should have "obsequiously" obeyed Mbeki over the time frame of Selebi's arrest.
ANC Daily News Briefing
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You must guard against those who fawn upon you and bow obsequiously before you!
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When everyone saw the mayor, they all bowed obsequiously – he was the only exception.
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It reminds the narrator of his grandfather, an individual repressed by the system who went through his entire life obsequiously saying yes to all the men in power.
