prostrated
Example Sentences
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Some clasped their hands together, while others prostrated themselves.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
“I am going back to California,” she recalled telling them, “and unless you tell me — let’s face it, I have prostrated myself — now, yes or no, that’s the end of it.”
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2022
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
Great Ceremony of the Celebration of the Return to Egypt has begun!” she chanted, and all four Egyptians prostrated themselves before the egg crate and the birdbath.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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