prostrate
verb (used with object)
to cast (oneself ) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
prostrates
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present tense formof prostrate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In her 1910 autobiography, she wrote of the Santa Ana wind that “its breath dries up the plants, gives headaches to people, and prostrates them … it uproots trees, tears off roofs, and devastates fields.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
Marianne & Leonard prostrates itself at the feet of Ihlen’s beauty and celebrates her nurturing spirit but doesn’t seem interested in her inner life, or indeed her suffering.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2019
Fazal’s Karim smiles a lot, seems absolutely enchanted by English weather and, at their second meeting, without provocation, prostrates himself to kiss Victoria’s feet.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 25, 2017
The other prostrates himself, back bent, head lowered, with his right arm outstretched over clusters of bananas and other produce offered as homage to the allegorical queen.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2016
Dicky gives in to it; and—metaphorically speaking—instantly prostrates himself at Miss Vibart's feet.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
