Sentences with phrase «slavish terms»

And his inner ring of aides appears to have formed a small cult around him, insisting he enjoys an ineffable mystic bond with «the people,» and that all who glimpse his pure beatific aura must fall into instantaneous ecstasies of awe and reverence, and speak of him afterward in only the most cringing and slavish terms.

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Is Marvel Studios joining other superhero studios Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox and Sony in breaking away from slavish devotion to comic book canon in terms of onscreen diversity?

Many adaptation of classic novels pay slavish attention to historical / period detail, particularly in terms of dress, and have a cool colour palette — possibly taking their tone from grey / white mansions in large green parks in England, where it never stops raining — but this film is different.