Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groveled
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Host Jimmy Fallon visibly cringed in response.—
Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
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You get cringed out when things are earnest or something, but then the music is a way to channel it.—
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One team member crawled inside and fired paintballs filled with vegetable oil, wildlife organization BEAR League told Fox News Digital on Thursday.—
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Scott’s almost-every-snap status has largely crawled under the radar this season.—
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His comment shouldn’t be interpreted as a postgame shot at an overwhelmed Red Raiders offense and, everything considered, his vaunted defense’s performance hardly resembled a unit that flinched at the challenges.—
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That said, the Pioneers haven’t flinched this season without him.—
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But then the Broncos’ offensive woes crept back to the forefront.—
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Individual mistakes crept into a squad that was already low on confidence from the end of Erik ten Hag’s managerial reign.—
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Anyone living in one of the dozens of surrounding villages, such as Nazareth, who was not rounded up must have cowered in fear behind closed doors or hidden in the various underground cisterns and hewn chambers beneath the ancient houses and courtyards of the Jewish villages.—
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In one incident, a predator, confirmed by a state biologist to have been a wolf, attacked an elk on the front steps of a home in Sierra County as the college-age son of the owner cowered inside, alone and afraid amid the growls and thumps that were shaking the front door.—
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Fleury was shoved to the ice by Golden Knights winger Keegan Kolesar after sending a breakout pass and slid backward into the end boards.—
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Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes have been romantically linked since 2022, when the country singer slid into his DMs.—
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By noontime, the line snaked away from the entrance for several blocks.—
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Few people are venturing from their homes, although businesses have begun to reopen and the long lines that had snaked outside the few pharmacies and supermarkets that were operational over the weekend are disappearing.—
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Zelina slithered on the ramp in a snake-like manner as Black stood behind her.—
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In August, Kravitz told Meyers that her mom's pet snake, Orpheus, had gotten loose and slithered into a small hole in the corner of the bathroom.—
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“Groveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groveled. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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