Sentence examples for obsequious person from inspiring English sources

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Friedman was right about the need to seek out, cultivate and assign talent: as an editor or a manager, it's quite easy to take the applications or pitches that arrive, to allow the obsequious person to win the day and to rely on the reliable stand-in or the already-known talent.

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Do not engage your boss by turning into an obsequious "yes person" who will do anything to dance around the boss's moods.

I turned to @comcastcares and suddenly was connected to Comcast Executive Service and an obsequious representative who apologized and who had a service person at my condo the next day.

For Nat, though, Moby embodies his personal hell, the pit of obsequious whiteness he's spent his whole life sidestepping.

Not obsequious".

Obsequious laughter flowed.

Conversation was lively, obsequious.

"She was so obsequious.

He was always the obsequious lieutenant.

Karr fires off an obsequious fan letter.

Obsequious waiters serve tea and cookies for occasional visitors.

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