fall prostrate
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The slab of the marble is worn away by the soft lips of adoring pilgrims, who fall prostrate before it and kiss it while tears roll down their cheeks.
From Round the Wonderful World by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
The very earth from Debra Libanos is carried away as an antidote to maladies, and all who meet the returning pilgrim, fall prostrate upon the ground, and kiss the dust from off his feet.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
They who will not bow before a throne fall prostrate before a sound.
From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob
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)
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
