Sentence examples for a subservient from inspiring English sources
"He was in a subservient position with the lantern.
"I can't be in a subservient or an obsequious part.
Despite winning Major League Soccer's biggest prize, Simpson is not approaching this project with anything other than a subservient attitude.
Ma will negotiate for increased links, but as a separate party not as a subservient province of the mainland.
The chairman of the Communist Party, which commands some 15% public support, said the speech was emblematic of a "subservient attitude".
He used his own clique in the army to unseat and jail Georgiev, purged the Military League, and, by November 1935, installed a subservient government under Georgi Kyoseivanov.
The son of Zhou was allowed to organize a subservient state under the close watch of two other brothers of Wuwang, who were garrisoned in the immediate vicinity.
From Alonso's perspective, the Spaniard has also been accustomed to having a subservient team-mate over the last four years in Massa.
The Islamic revolution put an end to that notion – Iran was never again to play a subservient role, in the region or in the world.
Look out also for Johnny Vegas, Alexei Sayle, Dominic Tighe (as a subservient David Cameron) and a double role by John Sessions.
"Global content is not a subservient part of ITV, we have imperialistic tendencies for expanding," she said, speaking at the MediaGuardian.co.uk Changing Media Summit late yesterday.
