You wouldn't have to grovel if you would just correct your habitual tardiness.
You don't have to grovel and beg, you are welcome to the last piece of cake.
If you grovel before the manager, he may not fire you for being an hour late.
The guilty convict could only grovel and plead for the mercy of the court.
He took his habitual place at the dinner table.
A habitual past is using a used to sex
I'll never grovel to anyone for anything.
Winston Churchill refused to grovel to the Nazis in 1939.
Sentence example: Lumbermen are habituated to hard work.
Habitual lying is a serious weakness in a person's character.
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I think the main way to show habitual actions in the past is with 'used to + verb':I used to buy my lunch at school.A past simple sentence can also show past habitual action:When I was young I walked to school.
Grovel, plead, ask for forgiveness, give her empty promises and... oh, did I mention grovel?