Thesaurus results for GROVELED

groveled

verb

variants or grovelled

past tense of grovel

as in cringed

to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near

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as in crawled

to move slowly with the body close to the ground because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground

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So when there was a kissing scene, Larry cringed, just cringed.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Mingione cringed when asked if any of his players had gotten hurt by a hit by pitch.

— Mitch Light, New York Times, 22 May 2026

Definition of cringed

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The teen in the green sweatshirt, Williams, momentarily flinched from the gunshot.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Sipp slightly flinched his left arm before throwing a pitch to Emmanuel Burriss, allowing Miguel Tejada to score and sending San Francisco to its fourth straight win.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of flinched

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Tech has crept into every facet of everyday life, like an invisible fog of ones and zeros.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
The height of this strategy shift was the Sneak Attack by Roger (SABR), in which Federer crept forward to return opponent’s serves almost on the half volley, shortening points and taking away time from his opponent.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of crept

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At the Meijer gas station in Highland, several lines snaked through the parking lot and onto the main road on Wednesday.

— Sara Machi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Here, too, there were echoes of Keegan’s blissful early days, when queues snaked outside the stadium hours before kick-off and every victory felt like alchemy.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of snaked

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The snake, later identified as an approximately eight-foot-long Burmese python, had slithered beneath the floor of a wooden shed.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Laura stepped right into her body, felt a small resistance and then the give as the rival slithered, eagerly, into the air.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of slithered

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