fall prostrate
Example Sentences
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What he meant was, that he should doff his helmet and fall prostrate on the ground.
From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Ye hills fall prostrate, and ye vales arise!
From The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by Gilfillan, George
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
P: And when We said unto the angels: Fall down prostrate before Adam and they fell prostrate all save Iblis, he said: Shall I fall prostrate before that which Thou hast created of clay?
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
With his two companions Liutprand was compelled to bow and to fall prostrate; and thrice to touch the ground with his forehead.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart
