Sentence examples for toadying from inspiring English sources
The word "toadying" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe the act of ingratiating oneself to someone in power, often through flattery or sycophancy. Example: "His constant toadying to the boss made him unpopular among his colleagues." Alternatives include "flattering" or "sycophantic."
verb
Present participle of toady
Some see this move as yet more evidence of ministers toadying to Mr Murdoch, others as a sensible precaution on Mr Hunt's part.Formally, the issues of phone-hacking and of Sky are separate.
Parliament is back, and with it all the frenzied theatre of democracy the oratory and toadying guff, the plotting and high principle, the MPs stretchered in from their sick beds to avoid defeat.
Adding breadth is a sharply drawn cast of characters; the toadying spin doctor, Peter Maxwell, is accurately portrayed, as is the spiritually enlightened sheikh who believes that anything is possible if one has faith.But it is the transformation of the humble Dr Jones from a man bound by convention to one awakened to passion and belief that makes this book both thought-provoking and memorable.
Dissent is stifled by "toadying officials", according to top diplomats.
Rivals grumble that Tata's current respectability masks a past spent toadying up to politicians in the years before and after India's independence in 1947.
He should be cheered that a new centrist group which split from the Socialists in protest over Mr Zapatero's toadying to the regions took almost 5% of the vote.
Its history of sleazy practices (such as blurring editorial and advertising) and toadying to the authorities (notably in the Yeltsin era) make some Russian journalists think that the official media are on the whole less bad.
Toadying to India's great batting hero was a good way of helping ensure it gets another one soon.How could the British prime minister compete with that?
Chris Patten and his outgoing administration used to express contempt for those co-opted gentry, often the children of the post-war elite, deemed to be toadying too readily to Beijing.
Like me, I'm sure you spent a lot of last Summer in a glee-induced coma that our beloved monarch had managed to stay rich and unelected for an impressive 60 years, in the face of a relentless onslaught of unfettered toadying.
Wirtschafter, however, hates going out, hates schmoozing and toadying-hates all the aspects of being an agent that have traditionally defined the profession.
