prostrate
Example Sentences
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His famous father also had his own health scare, announcing in 2009 that he had been diagnosed with prostrate cancer.
From Los Angeles Times
Even after women secured more legal rights, Thompson writes, heiresses remained tragedy magnets; “hungry for hunger,” some developed actual eating disorders, turned to drugs or prostrated themselves for love.
From New York Times
They crept into his tent at night to prostrate themselves as Nicholson sorted through imperial paperwork and tried to ignore them.
From Washington Post
Most were silently prostrate on their backs, their paws limp in the air, passed out in the nearly 100-degree heat.
From New York Times
It did not deter Liverpool, as they ruthlessly punished the prostrate Hayden before Salah continued his remarkable form with a 22nd goal from 23 appearances this season.
From BBC
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