prostrated
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Prostrated by his failure, Livingstone lies on his bed, near mental collapse.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Prostrated on a couch, he was suffering from a hemorrhage of the lungs of a few days previous, with evidences all around of a state of extreme destitution.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
Prostrated with fatigue, Murat fell asleep, Blancard and Langlade took their places. beside Donadieu, and the three men, who seemed insensible to the calls of sleep and fatigue, watched over his slumbers.
From Celebrated Crimes (Complete) by Dumas père, Alexandre
Prostrated by mental exertion, Mrs. Wragge was pursuing the course of the omelette in dreams.
From No Name by Collins, Wilkie
Prostrated by illness, she was compelled to yield her personal supervision, and thus her attempt to civilize those people failed, and they were finally sent to Hayti.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady