Sample sentences for SUBMISSIVE

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Definition

inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others

She has become silently submissive.

submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others

Harriet kissed her hand in silent and submissive gratitude.
Austen, Jane -- Emma
The archdeacon had in Quasimodo the most submissive slave, the most docile lackey, the most vigilant of dogs.
Hugo, Victor -- Notre-Dame de Paris
He stares at me, and I don't look away. He isn't a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive. Looking him in the eye is a challenge.
Veronica Roth -- Divergent

submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others

It's one of your favorite fantasies, isn't it? the submissive Oriental woman and the cruel white man.
David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly

submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others

The kid was quick to comply and Archie was pleased at his submissiveness.
Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War

submissiveness = tendency to submit to the wishes of others

(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)

I put my hands on the table, folding them over each other in what I hoped was a submissive pose, and waited.
Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever

submissive = appearing to submit (give in) to the wishes of others

All are submissive, all would like to be friends, like to obey, think little.
Hermann Hesse -- Siddhartha

submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others

He was quiet and submissive.
James McBride -- The Color of Water

submissive = inclined to submit to the wishes of others

Grady, Grade-E loser, ... and crystal meth submissive,
Ellen Hopkins -- Glass

submissive = inclined to submit (give in)

You expect Oriental countries to submit to your guns, and you expect Oriental women to be submissive to your men.
David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly
What my lot may have in store I know not, but I am submissive to the will of God.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor -- Poor Folk
And with a low submissive reverence
Shakespeare, William -- The Taming of the Shrew
Stolidly submissive to the question, as she had been stolidly submissive to the fire, Hester Dethridge wrote her reply.
Collins, Wilkie -- Man And Wife
" said a ragged and submissive man, "it is a child.
Dickens, Charles -- A Tale Of Two Cities
And with submissive loyalty of heart
Shakespeare, William -- King Henry VI, Part 1
replacing troublemakers with more submissive people
a submissive reply
submissive servants
"Yes, Your Majesty," she said as submissively as possible, staring at the man's boots.
Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass

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