How to Use obsequious in a Sentence

obsequious

adjective

• The obsequious villagers touched their caps but sneered behind her back.
  — "George Sand", 1980
• She's constantly followed by obsequious assistants who will do anything she tells them to.
• Those are the obsequious words the puppeteer has been waiting to hear.
  — Perri Klass, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022
• The Indianan is the master of the obsequious tribute that Trump loves.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 2 Oct. 2019
• At the opening, politicians lined up to flatter the company in the most obsequious terms.
  — Sarah Leonard, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2021
• In their wildest dreams, Big Oil could not have imagined a more obsequious servant.
  — Mark Warren, Esquire, 17 June 2010
• Brooks is Joel Cairo, the obsequious little fellow who follows in the wake of the wealthy Caspar Gutman.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Apr. 2012
• Then, of course, there were the obsequious lawyers and bankers who helped guard fortunes and reputations.
  — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 15 June 2022
• The crews also catch the obsequious obsequies of comrades in the street, filmed in every corner of the evil empire.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 9 May 2021
• Part of that is due to the city’s obsequious contract with the developer, which gives Hollywood Park 25 years — yes, 25 years — to get the work done.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022
• In the face of mass disrespect, such obsequious pandering goes a long way.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
• Moon is no stranger to lavishing Trump with obsequious praise.
  — Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Jan. 2018
• Also notable is the service, which is warm and discreet rather than obsequious.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2022
• To make that happen, George P. Bush kissed up to Trump in the most obsequious -- and embarrassing -- ways possible.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 27 July 2021
• This gambit was a trap, even if the obsequious TV guy didn’t intend it that way, and Connally easily slipped it.
  — Carl M. Cannon, Orange County Register, 28 May 2017
• Being obsequious is a means to his own end: finding his mother and avenging his father.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023
• As Trump’s vice president, Pence was loyal to a point critics called obsequious.
  — Mark Niquette, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023
• At a Kremlin meeting over the weekend, Putin’s frustration at the Ukrainians for being less obsequious than Trump boiled over, sources said.
  — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• They must be poised and respectful without coming off as obsequious suck-ups.
  — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 18 Apr. 2017
• Billy was just an obsequious celebrity hanger-on and minor Today show host when The Trump Tape surfaced.
  — Jack Holmes, Esquire, 14 Oct. 2016
• The majority of the comments were flattering to Bosworth, even obsequious.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2021
• Dour versus obsequious The half-hour call started with pleasantries but quickly took a sharp detour.
  — Nancy Benac, The Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2019
• There are no hushed voices, white tablecloths or obsequious waiters.
  — Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• And would Pence, a man who had shown himself until this very day to be one of the most obsequious public officials in American history, have dared refuse?
  — Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books, 6 Jan. 2021
• Perhaps he has been misled by his obsequious reception in the Florida fever swamps into thinking that the whole country lives up his street.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• The best parts of the film—the visual sound and the visual style—are directly borrowed from its predecessor, though denuded of their 1980s-ness: goodbye shoulder pads and obsequious synths.
  — Christian Lorentzen, New Republic, 7 Oct. 2017
• As vice president, Pence was Trump's notably obsequious wingman, heaping praise on his boss and stepping far from the spotlight whenever the president was in the same space.
  — Michael D'antonio, CNN, 25 May 2022
• Relationships tended to flow one way — with obsequious public displays by heads of state and government trying to get on Trump’s good side.
  — Zeke Miller, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2021
• The job called for a door-to-door salesman’s approach, requiring the nerfoo to adopt patronizing or outright obsequious poses.
  — Jeremy Miller, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
• Macfadyen has been celebrated for his work as the scheming, obsequious Tom in Succession, which had the premiere of its fourth and final season on Sunday.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 9 May 2024