prostration
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Prostration of credit, financial disaster, widespread distress among all classes of the community, would form the closing scenes in our career of gratuitous folly and national dishonor.
From Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by Lewis, Harry A.
Prostration, Nervous.—The various articles under Nerves and Nervousness should be read.
From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce
Prostration following severe shock was what the doctor called it, but it looked to me more like a touch of brain fever.
From The Tidal Wave and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
Prostration is the Eastern mode of signifying profound respect, complete submission.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
XXX Here is suggested the ninth stage: Prostration.
From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa
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Dracula
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