prostration
Example Sentences
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"Understanding concepts such as ghusl – ablution – the distinctions in prostration between genders, and the prerequisites for prayer are crucial."
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
With his thick beard, heavy-rimmed glasses and a prominent bruise on his forehead from prostration in prayer, he was notoriously prickly and pedantic.
From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2022
Most worshippers brought their own prayer rugs and clay tablets used during prostration, said the broadcast.
From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2021
Even with the smartphone’s on-purpose designed-in distraction notification architecture, our prostration at their non-human feet is the real issue.
From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2020
“Of nervous prostration following on great loss or waste of blood.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.