prostrated

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Some clasped their hands together, while others prostrated themselves.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

During that ceremony, Mr. Ogundipe’s family presented Ms. Imoru’s family with food items like yams, oil and rice, and Mr. Ogundipe and his groomsmen prostrated themselves in front of her family.

From New York Times • May 20, 2022

At another point of the ceremony, the nine lay prostrated on a carpet in front of the basilica’s central altar in a sign of obedience, humility and giving of oneself.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2021

“The French justice system has prostrated itself before a writer,” said Mehana Mouhou, a lawyer involved in the suit against the author.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2020

And he explained in a tone of prostrated resignation: "I had to do it so that the animals would keep on breeding."

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez