lie prone

When we fall into the wrong, grant that we lie prone not long but arise undismayed to greater effort.

They wandered down to the river to lie prone on the sand, dip their faces into the clear cold water to drink.

Often after a day's march he would collapse, and lie prone with his head nearly bursting from pain.

Hunter and the sergeants with him grasp their carbines and lie prone upon the turf, watching, waiting.

The vines are trained upward rather than allowed to lie prone.