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Prostrating themselves outside the mosque in Istanbul’s pious neighborhood of Fatih, hundreds of young men and women prayed for the souls of the workers killed in Turkey’s all too common industrial accidents.

From New York Times • May 9, 2012

Prostrating himself before the Mahatma, Raal drew the girl down beside him and the pair addressed a chant of thanksgiving to him in their own language.

From Tahara Among African Tribes by Sherman, Harold M.

Prostrating himself before the pacha, he then rose, and folding his arms over his breast, awaited his commands in silence.

From The Pacha of Many Tales by Marryat, Frederick

Prostrating himself before the pacha, he then rose, and, folding his arms over his breast, awaited his commands in silence.

From The Pacha of Many Tales by Marryat, Frederick

Prostrating himself he announced his purpose to make the attempt.

From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)