fall prostrate
Example Sentences
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Mothers, with joy in their hearts and a prayer on their lips, saw their sons fall prostrate before the penitent bench.
From In the Midst of Alarms by Robert Barr
P: And when We said unto the angels: Fall down prostrate before Adam and they fell prostrate all save Iblis, he said: Shall I fall prostrate before that which Thou hast created of clay?
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
All of an instant, we saw Black MacMichael fall prostrate among the rocks at the side of the cleuch.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Nonnus seemed about to fall prostrate, when a sharp rap came to the door.
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett
P: He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not fall prostrate when I bade thee?
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
