| But, for all his obsequiousness, the admirable Harrow was a persistent diplomat. |
| As Britons lost their patient obsequiousness, Mr Routh's pranks played less well. |
| Most of the time, however, he has no personal attitude on show beyond sheer bootlicking obsequiousness. |
| Fischer's obsequiousness is not simply, or even primarily, a reflection of his subjective cowardice and political spinelessness. |
| Nothing about his countrymen enraged him more than obsequiousness toward the British. |
| He presented it to his employer with a certain duplication of a butler's obsequiousness. |
