Obeisance Example Sentences

Definition:
1: a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : BOW
2: acknowledgment of another's superiority or importance : HOMAGE
Synonym: respect homage worship adoration reverence veneration respectfulness honor submission deference
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Example Sentences:
They made obeisance to the sultan.
In my family, we say a prayer before each meal to show obeisance and thanks.
The general commands absolute obeisance.
Alexei completed his obeisance, then sat up.
We all make obeisance to it.
Obeisance is not one of the rude secretary’s personality traits.
He made a deep obeisance to the queen.
I'm so fortunately to be able to make obeisance to the emperor.
Because the teenage troublemaker showed a sign of obeisance, the judge let him off with a warning.
When you talk back to your teacher, you are not demonstrating obeisance.
As a sign of obeisance, the soldiers saluted the president as he walked past them.
With obeisance, Ray apologized to his parents for missing his curfew.
I often open doors for senior citizens as a sign of obeisance.
Since Morgan refused to complete her assignments and failed to demonstrate obeisance to her boss, she was fired.
A few days later, we arrived at their capital to accept the obeisance of their ruler.
He probably felt like someone being reprimanded for not doing enough obeisance at temple.
He felt he had to cleanse himself with birch and water, pay obeisance to his God with an offer of personal sacrifice.
He made a very low obeisance to the king, and treated him in every respect with the utmost consideration.

Flitter Example Sentences

Flitter Example Sentences

Definition:
: FLUTTER, FLICKER
: one that flits
: move quickly in an apparently random or purposeless manner
: a fluttering movement

Synonyms: dance, dart, flick, flicker, flirt, flit, flutter, zip


They will flitter away from it as fast as their air signs can take them.

She gasped in excitement as she saw bolts of lightning flitter across the sky, leaping from one bleak rain cloud to another.

We whistle, skipping to the car in a delusional, potentially ridiculous flitter.

They flitter through the sky, part magical and part mysterious.

In the ring, cameras flitter in and out of focus.

The words flitter for just a moment across the screen, but they are hard to forget.

Letters are no longer fixed in black ink on paper, but flitter on a glass surface in a rainbow of colors as fast as our eyes can blink.

Mea Culpa Example Sentences

Mea Culpa Example Sentences

Definition
: a formal acknowledgment of personal fault or error


The mayor's public mea culpa for his involvement in the scandal didn't satisfy his critics.

The magazine issued a mea culpa after they cited an incorrect statistic.

If I wanted an allowance, I needed to issue a mea culpa to my parents for my disobedient behavior.

He is working on a deeply personal book described as a kind of mea culpa to the nation, to make him seem more humane to voters.