fall prostrate
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In the threatening obscurity the whole island seemed a mightier House of Usher, intricate of many buildings, cleft by Broadway in its middle, and ready to fall prostrate into the dark waters of the tarn.
From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen
Sometimes a tree will not fall prostrate, the boughs being caught by its neighbours.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
And now the pretended female was about to ascend the steps of the throne, when the Vizier commanded her first to fall prostrate before the Sultan.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by Valentine, L. (Laura)
Generally those under the influence would, at the end, fall upon the ground and remain rigid for hours, and sometimes whole multitudes would become dumb and fall prostrate.
From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various
The king expected everybody to fall prostrate before him when he appeared and pretend to go to sleep,—to be of as little account as possible.
From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery)
