fall prostrate

Some fall prostrate on the ground.

The pilgrims to Mecca fall prostrate on their faces, and the Sultan bows his head and touches his hand to his fez.

Owls have a peculiar manner of taking their prey: they grapple it so tightly in their talons that they totter and strive to steady themselves by throwing out their wings, and, sometimes losing their balance, fall prostrate and flutter on the ground.

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.

If thou art one, in dark presumption blind, Who vainly deem'st no spirit like to thine, That lofty genius deifies thy mind, Fall prostrate here at Nature's stormy shrine, And as the thunderous scene disturbs thy heart, Lift thy changed eye, and own how low thou art.