Truckling

Mr. Hastings singles out, as an example of such truckling, "Stanley McChrystal's Long War," an October 2009 profile by Mr. Filkins in the New York Times. ❋ Mark Moyar (2012)

It is known that the late D of Grafton often attended the chapple in Essex Street, and a busy friend of mine thought perhaps that I too might make a pretty little Unitarian, He therefore wrote the D without my knowledge an intimation that I would attend there, but feard that my attendance would look like truckling to my great patron who sat in the gallery? — ❋ Unknown (2009)

In 1856, the American Party opposed "the reckless and unwise policy of the present administration" and "a truckling subserviency" to "foreigners." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Democrats have been out of power for so long they're afraid to lose any handhold they have, and the press and media have become so used to truckling to the Administration, it is almost a lost battle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The governor, sensitive to old-fashioned political ideas like not truckling to Washington, and still out of touch with the full scope of the hurricane's damage, turned him down. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If, therefore, Alexius Comnenus was, during his anxious seat upon the throne of the East, reduced to use a base and truckling course of policy — if he was sometimes reluctant to fight when he had a conscious doubt of the valour of his troops — if he commonly employed cunning and dissimulation instead of wisdom, and perfidy instead of courage — his expedients were the disgrace of the age, rather than his own. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I will none of such truckling, disgraceful to the dead perhaps as to the living. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I will serve this poor Queen as a subject should serve an imprisoned and wronged sovereign — they who placed me in her service have to blame themselves — who sent me hither, a gentleman trained in the paths of loyalty and honour, when they should have sought out some truckling, cogging, double-dealing knave, who would have been at once the observant page of the Queen, and the obsequious spy of her enemies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Karl Rove visible all over his conduct and in the design of his discovered and probable actions -- casual contempt for professional merit, indifference to proved ability, and the belief that genuine competence may be punished when not leavened by performances of truckling loyalty -- Gonzales pleaded for a second chance. ❋ Unknown (2008)

September 15, 2006 @ 6: 27 pm keep on truckling, nora. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Maybe we indeed need comedy labels in the absence of such prompts, as Lee's sad truckling indicates. ❋ Unknown (2008)

McCain's truckling to Falwell and tub thumping for Bush may finish him fast. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Look at his choice of historical precedents for the Prime Minister: David Lloyd George – one of our most historically significant Chancellors whose peacetime premiership descended into an exercise in idealism-free positioning, truckling to establishment media figures and ideological drift. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And these seminaries would produce a still greater number of inestimable scholars hereafter if sordidness did not obscure the splendid light, corruption interrupt, and certain truckling harpies and beggars envy them their usefulness. ❋ Unknown (2007)

From my perspective, this is less "Principles and ethica values" and more like craven truckling, selling out pure science in the name of sectarianism is always a cheap way to pay off ravenous supporters, more than a few of whom has skirted the laws of the Republic to keep Bush II in office. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The former Viceroy is conspicuously lacking in policy accomplishments as Governor of Massachusetts where I remind my conservatively minded readers he ran as a frantic truckling sort of moderate...his many threats to purge the democrat-dominated state legislature were openly laughed at and occasioned no great stress to anyone. ❋ Unknown (2007)

O you crawling, truckling, self-confessed lackeys and parasites! ❋ Unknown (2006)

[I’m] so damn [truckled] [right now] ❋ Doolsin (2022)

I told you not to [truckle] to that salesmen's pitch! [Now look], you have [payed] way too much for a computer that you could have gotten elsewhere for half the price. ❋ OneBadAsp (2006)

[Gregory] found truckle sized [Klingon] outfits were always [evasive]. ❋ Bigwizz (2005)

Jake: Ha I just killed you from across the map. Did you watch [the Kill] Cam? Ryan: No Jake, i didn't watch [the kill] cam, I went on living my life you blazing homo. Stop [pulling a Truckle] ❋ A Ninjamanbear (2009)

I am [definately] feeling the ill-effects of negative [government] truckle down now that my [federal] job has been furloughed. ❋ Bleuzette (2011)

dude [this kid] is so pulling a truckle [right now]. he is txting a [sexy mofo] that is only his "friend" ❋ Jaketruckle (2009)

[Guy] one- yo he is a super kaknuckle faknuckle bill buckle banana truckle Guy two- [yea] he is [really stupid] ❋ Bill Buckle (2017)