prostrate
Example Sentences
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Department of Health and Human Services now requires consent for breast, pelvic, prostrate and rectal exams for “educational and training purposes” performed by medical students, nurse practitioners or physician assistants.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024
Their routine ended with both back on the ice, lying prostrate, chests heaving.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2024
“You don’t have to prostrate yourself to the usual conformist rules,” a friend tells Jack, explaining hyperlinks but not just that.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023
After the assassination of Darius III by disgruntled Persian nobles that same year, however, Alexander claimed the Persian throne and introduced Persian customs to his court, such as having his subjects prostrate themselves before him.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
He sat down on the edge of the bed and softly kicked Colin's prostrate body.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
