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But as Argentine players lay prostrate on the pitch and Argentine fans lost their minds, they didn’t care that it wasn’t pretty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Williams’ shift from prostrate grief to helpless amusement hints at hidden dimensions of a character who will always be a couple of steps ahead of the men trying to control her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

Videos shared on social media on Tuesday showed groups of Jewish Israelis singing the Israeli national anthem, some carrying the Israeli flag while others prostrate themselves in prayer at the edge of the holy site.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024

George’s ambitious underlings strive for his intermittent approval and prostrate themselves, enduring petty humiliations only to crawl back and beg for more.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

Columbus then counted ten over the prostrate Nelson, and again the ten other penguins applauded.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater

In her 1910 autobiography, she wrote of the Santa Ana wind that “its breath dries up the plants, gives headaches to people, and prostrates them … it uproots trees, tears off roofs, and devastates fields.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

Marianne & Leonard prostrates itself at the feet of Ihlen’s beauty and celebrates her nurturing spirit but doesn’t seem interested in her inner life, or indeed her suffering.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2019

Fazal’s Karim smiles a lot, seems absolutely enchanted by English weather and, at their second meeting, without provocation, prostrates himself to kiss Victoria’s feet.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 25, 2017

The other prostrates himself, back bent, head lowered, with his right arm outstretched over clusters of bananas and other produce offered as homage to the allegorical queen.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2016

Woman may well wonder at the charm which prostrates the heavy Guardsman at the feet of the belle of the season.

From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert

Some clasped their hands together, while others prostrated themselves.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

After walking out, Thaksin placed a flower wreath and prostrated before a portrait of Thailand’s king and queen at the gate of the terminal.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

In a dramatic gesture at the Vatican in 2019, Pope Francis prostrated himself and kissed the shoes of Mr. Kiir and Mr. Machar.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

“The French justice system has prostrated itself before a writer,” said Mehana Mouhou, a lawyer involved in the suit against the author.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020

Later on, Úrsula had put candles on it and had prostrated herself before it, not suspecting that instead of a saint she was adoring almost four hundred pounds of gold.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

We’re too busy bowing to false equivalency and prostrating ourselves on the altar of access.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024

But it was his act of prostrating in prayer after goals that reverberated in the wider global consciousness, even among those who don't follow football.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2022

Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ruled in favour of three appellants who had been banned from the Old City for 15 days for prostrating themselves and intoning a core Jewish prayer at the compound.

From Reuters ● May 22, 2022

The movie opens in 66 A.D., with the Jewish multitudes prostrating themselves in the courtyards of the temple atoning for their sins on Yom Kippur.

From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2021

"Forgiveness, Your Exalted Majesty," the magistrate said, prostrating himself.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin