have prostrated
- present perfect of prostrate.
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
Nay, they should even have prostrated themselves in the dust, and implored my intercession before the throne of Heaven!
From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
The blow would not have prostrated him, but the bruise would have remained on his heart, indelible, not to be healed but by death.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony
The shock he had undergone was a very severe one; and would in all likelihood have prostrated any one of his companions for a far longer period.
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.
