prostrated
Example Sentences
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Some clasped their hands together, while others prostrated themselves.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
On the day after the February coup, General Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of the putsch, prostrated himself at the feet of a senior Buddhist abbot.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021
At another point of the ceremony, the nine lay prostrated on a carpet in front of the basilica’s central altar in a sign of obedience, humility and giving of oneself.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2021
Earlier on Friday, Francis prostrated himself on the floor of an empty St. Peter’s Basilica to pray at a “Passion of the Lord” service.
From Reuters • Apr. 2, 2021
And he explained in a tone of prostrated resignation: "I had to do it so that the animals would keep on breeding."
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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