Sentence examples for they were subservient from inspiring English sources

We shall never rule over the people as if they were subservient to government.

With a few brave exceptions, they are subservient to Mr Fujimori.

In some Ugandan ethnicities, women kneel for men as a sign that they are subservient.

If women have superior verbal skills, why have they been subservient to men in almost all societies?

A lot of the time individuals are afraid that they won't be able to control their powers, as if they're subservient to their impulses.

They are subservient and soothing towards them, and that did teach me something about life, I suppose, because I don't know any women like that.

Instead, they are subservient to President Erdogan and his AKP's own interests.

So, that is to say they are subservient to the supreme leader's office, to the Guardian Council, and even to the Revolutionary Guards".

He is increasingly voicing misogynist views and now firmly believes that women's place is in the home and they are subservient to men.

(R1, woman 25 years) Household power dynamics implied that women were subservient to the rest of the family.

They are demanding the re-establishment of an independent judiciary, and they have said they will refuse to deal with the new judges they deem to be subservient to the government.