How to use "prostrate" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "prostrate" in popular movie and book plots

  • A mulatto who hated Chapman was lurking nearby and choked the prostrate man to death.  - Green Eyes (1918 film)
  • Two assistants run to the alchemist, who has fallen prostrate on the ground.  - The Mysterious Retort
  • End Tableau: Bloodgood and Badger triumphant separately over the prostrate Captain.  - The Poor of New York
  • Arriving at Shrewsbury Abbey after Matins and Lauds, Cadfael lies prostrate on the floor of the chapel as a penitent.  - Brother Cadfael's Penance
  • The Initiative join the battle in Times Square, whilst Xavin spots Hulkling lying prostrate before Chrell and another Skrull.  - Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers
  • Jody then pushes the chair out from under her principal, and proceeds to tip the bookcase over onto her prostrate form.  - Daddy's Girl (film)
  • They prostrate themselves, and get close to the Great King, pretending to try to exchange Coxinga's head for their lives.  - The Battles of Coxinga
  • Along the path, Hans comes across three prostrate individuals dying of thirst, a puppy, a fair child, and an old man.  - The King of the Golden River
  • Worse, as Marriner is searching the destroyed village, he comes across a prostrate Langdon suffering from a bullet wound in his abdomen.  - Northwest Passage (film)
  • Joe tries to make sense of her incoherent mumbles as she lies prostrate in the bathtub.  - My Name Is Joe

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