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Prostrated by his failure, Livingstone lies on his bed, near mental collapse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prostrated by illness, she was compelled to yield her personal supervision, and thus her attempt to civilize those people failed, and they were finally sent to Hayti.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Prostrated by so many calamities, they attributed their causes to superior and hidden powers; and, because they had tyrants on earth, they fancied others in heaven; and superstition aggravated the misfortunes of nations.

From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François)

Prostrated with grief though she was, she consented to see me, and I was accordingly admitted to her presence.

From A Cabinet Secret by Boothby, Guy Newell

Prostrated by the discovery, the parents sat down in helpless silence.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel




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