prostrate
verb (used with object)
to cast (oneself ) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
has prostrated
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present perfectof prostrate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“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
Spiteful fortune has prostrated Henry Howard in the dust.
From Henry VIII and His Court by Henry Niles Pierce
The onward march of steam has, however, supplanted the slower power of sails, and this, together with the growing industry of iron ship-building, has prostrated the life of the city.
From The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 by Various
After this, when he has prostrated himself on his knees in four directions in the form of a cross, he says the verse: Receive me, O Lord, etc.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
She has prostrated herself to the ground and with buried face has called upon the mercy of God to comfort her sorrow and heal her wounds.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham
