fall prostrate
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The slab of the marble is worn away by the soft lips of adoring pilgrims, who fall prostrate before it and kiss it while tears roll down their cheeks.
From Round the Wonderful World by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
Nonnus seemed about to fall prostrate, when a sharp rap came to the door.
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard
We come into the temple of God; we fall prostrate before Him; we pray to Him, that He will have mercy upon us.
From The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) by Clarkson, Thomas
She was about to close the curtains when she was further astonished by seeing my lady rush into the dining-room with frantic gestures and fall prostrate on the ground before her son.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
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
