prostrate
verb (used with object)
to cast (oneself ) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
have prostrated
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present perfectof prostrate.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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“I am going back to California,” she recalled telling them, “and unless you tell me — let’s face it, I have prostrated myself — now, yes or no, that’s the end of it.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
Had the museum banned him from going back, Mr. Saltz told me, he would have prostrated himself before its executives and begged to be readmitted.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2018
We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.
From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by E. C. (Ernest Clark) Hartwell
We have petitioned—we have remonstrated—we have supplicated—we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament.
From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Louise Manly
You would suppose that the first shock would have prostrated both ranks.
From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart
