| After this he quickly returned and prostrated himself once more before the effulgent brothers. |
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| In my best and politest southern British accent, I profusely apologised and prostrated myself at the mercy of these cheeseparing economists. |
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| Caltrop is an herbaceous annual that commonly grows prostrated on the ground. |
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| He prostrated himself, but his trivial performance only brought on more tears and anger. |
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| Drenched in sweat, they are prostrated by fatigue, breathless in the suffocating heat. |
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| The natives who came to see them off prostrated themselves on the ground and cried in farewell. |
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| The president was overpowered by the General's position, and prostrated himself as flat as a spider in a deep bow, and apologized humbly. |
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| Some of the men had prostrated themselves flat on their faces, arms outstretched towards the Goddess. |
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| This is complete nonsense, as anyone who has mistakenly prostrated themselves before the person of their dreams will confirm. |
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| The number of rare species includes the serpentine thrift, the pannonian thyme, the prostrated speedwell, the English galingale and the mudwort. |
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| As Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. |
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| He never doubted, and gratefully recognized, Mary's own contribution to the device of the joint monarchy, and her death on 27 December 1694 prostrated him for months. |
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| He then prostrated himself in a prophetical gesture which had stronger plasticity than his paintings themselves. |
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| He was the Sacred Black Stone to which Heliogabalus offered up his wealth and I prostrated myself to his treachery and indifference. |
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| To compound the discomfort, swarms of mosquitoes attacked these soldiers, as they lay prostrated on the ground. |
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| Once again, the Angel prostrated on the ground and repeated with the children three times more the same prayer Most Holy Trinity. |
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| Reaching the priory of Ocaña that same evening he prostrated himself on the floor and begged the capitulars to free him from the office. |
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| The troll echoed the sentiment and prostrated himself on the floor. |
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| The precious perfume of faith was left out, and then men prostrated themselves before the empty vase which had contained it. |
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| She quickly ran up to him in time to catch him in her arms and with horror heard the wild scream of the spirit that racked and prostrated the unhappy man. |
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| Before his ordination, brother André Zelaya de León prostrated himself before the altar and then rose to his knees for a blessing on his tonsured head by Faure. |
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| He prayed ceaselessly, prostrated or kneeling, in front of the altar. |
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| The shock and sorrow of the death of their infant son prostrated the parents and they grew closer together but Isabella continued to be frail and sickly. |
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| How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest! |
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| As for the angels, they prostrated before Adam to show their homage and obedience to God. |
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| Everybody in the House must, of course, ask themselves whether they have prostrated themselves before the pesticide industry or whether they are creating added value for citizens, health and the environment. |
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| Dr Jaffry was prostrated on a prayer carpet, finishing his evening namaz. |
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