fall prostrate
Example Sentences
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In a moment, we saw the chief let fall the bridle from his horse, spring to the ground, and fall prostrate.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
In the threatening obscurity the whole island seemed a mightier House of Usher, intricate of many buildings, cleft by Broadway in its middle, and ready to fall prostrate into the dark waters of the tarn.
From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen
And now the pretended female was about to ascend the steps of the throne, when the Vizier commanded her first to fall prostrate before the Sultan.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by Valentine, L. (Laura)
The king expected everybody to fall prostrate before him when he appeared and pretend to go to sleep,—to be of as little account as possible.
From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery)
They fall prostrate before it, as before an idol.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
