Here’s how brazen Mr. Rumsfeld was when he invoked Hitler’s appeasers to score his cheap points: Since Hitler was photographed warmly shaking Neville Chamberlain’s hand at Munich in 1938, the only image that comes close to matching it in epochal obsequiousness is the December 1983 photograph of Mr. Rumsfeld himself in Baghdad, warmly shaking the hand of Saddam Hussein in full fascist regalia. ❋ Unknown (2006)
He explains that "it is sometimes difficult for the reader less obsessed with [Hartman's] texts than the author is even to derive a clear sense of what Hartman was talking about," and he proceeds to worry that an essay caught between "obsequiousness" and "assault" against one's teacher "begins to suggest unpleasant things about life in graduate school." ❋ Unknown (2005)
Didas 'instructions were for the time being to insinuate himself by every kind of obsequiousness into Demetrius' confidence and intimacy so as to be able to draw out all his secrets and ascertain his hidden sentiments. ❋ Unknown (1905)
Finally, Noam Chomsky gives his take on Obama's pro-Israel hawk appointments and his unprecedented "obsequiousness" to AIPAC. ❋ Unknown (2009)
And—being human—we responded in kind, seeking out dogs for their obsequiousness and unconditional devotion. ❋ Mark Derr (2011)
In practice, however, nowhere ever got three stars that wasn't absurdly formal, with suffocating amounts of linen, and fleets of staff whose obsequiousness came with the hint of a threat that if it were revealed you didn't know what spoon to use, they would be the first to tell you. ❋ Unknown (2011)
My approach to the City is not one of hostility, or of obsequiousness. ❋ Unknown (2009)
He says the last Labour government "made mistakes", but it wasn't mistakes it made by adopting its ideological obsequiousness to big business. ❋ Unknown (2011)
No one is fooled by obsequiousness in this office. ❋ Unknown (2010)
This hagiographical obsequiousness suggests that we are to be conducted through a treasury of sacred relics. ❋ Frederic Raphael (2011)
And the Alabamians had a problem with Northern black folks, who clearly lacked a certain degree of obsequiousness toward whites. ❋ M_francis (2009)
The soft approach – the willingness to cooperate to the point of obsequiousness – the so-called “bipartisanship” method is a failure. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Public support can urge Republicans to repel policy and political risks of inaction and obsequiousness to Tea Party agendas. ❋ Bradford Kane (2011)
They seemed not to notice that a uniformed staff was serving them with an obsequiousness that makes the servants in "Downton Abbey" seem positively revolutionary. ❋ Theodore Dalrymple (2012)
Great player that he is, the obsequiousness towards Tendulkar can grate. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Martinez was formal to the point of obsequiousness, approaching Salazar with his head bowed and a hand outstretched. ❋ Gerard O’Donovan (2011)
And after a show of obsequiousness like this, it will be hard to feign surprise over the next disappointment in the relationship. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The Queen, who apparently does not much care for tennis, is nonetheless casting a regal shadow over this tournament, with obsequiousness reaching fever pitch even before she steps into the Royal Box. ❋ Unknown (2010)
[the brown] [nosed] student frequently [pleased] his teachers with the use of obsequious compliments during oral intercourse. ❋ The Misinformer (2005)
The teacher was very [arduous] and [overbearing], thus making the students feel obsequious to her.
Yesterday I fell on this really obsequious nail, and now I have some really obsequious ttetanus and [lockjaw]. Its probably the last time I will skateboard in haunted houses. ❋ Dan The Rockstar (2006)
[kamran]: what are you up to jeremy?
Jeremy: oh im watching old greg
[Kamran]: how obsequious
jeremy: yes it is pretty salad
kamran: catch ya later [brohemian rhapsody] ❋ Rockharddiewell (2009)
The [cabinet] members were obsequious in their [praise] of [the president]. ❋ ObsequiousNerd (2017)
My [obsequious] [co-worker] reported gossip to our boss, now he faces the [ire] of everyone. ❋ Trojan Virus (2018)
"I was proud to support [the COVID] relief bill last week, which [President Trump] thankfully decided to sign yesterday," said [Obsequious].
Obsequious got primaried and it was great.
Obsequious isn't a real Democrat ❋ Queen Buttrix (2020)
There is no question about how vapid this obsequious ass licking fool really is and it is these qualities that make him electable as the best [political puppet] of the ultra-racist and [pseudo-Christian] [far-right] since Donald J. Trump. ❋ Dr Bunnygirl (2023)