Sentence examples for a grovel from inspiring English sources

A grovel was the only position Flint could adopt.

This last item attracted 78 complaints, an unusually high number at the best of times, and earned a grovel from head of TV news Peter Horrocks on the Beeb's Editors blog.

He can shift, as if in mid-air, from a strut to a grovel, and his funniest lines tend to be the ones he mutters under his breath, taking back whatever foolish boast just popped out of his mouth.

But mistakes still occur, and like many other institutions, the bank has a "grovel list" that staff can use if a mistake has been made.

Personally, I believe myself to be inferior to absolutely no one and would like to think I would just stare out the Queen and tell her to give back the Koh-i-Noor if I ever came face-to -face with her, but I think it's safe to say Terry May doesn't have the same political leanings as me; her curtsy is so low it comes off as a grovel.

Eventually, it published a grovelling apology.

Tiger Woods having to make a grovelling apology?

Everyone involved owes Ferriol a grovelling apology.

Stone herself was swiftly forced to issue a grovelling apology.

The genuflection toward pop culture assumes a grovelling aspect.

A grovelling prisoner shows him around the camp.