prostrating
- present participle of prostrate.
Example Sentences
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A few months before Khan was elected prime minister, local media carried photos of the couple prostrating at the Baba Farid shrine.
From Reuters • May 16, 2023
But we must never underestimate a strain of masochism in some people, the desire to bow down to the mighty as if they were prostrating themselves before a deity.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2023
But it was his act of prostrating in prayer after goals that reverberated in the wider global consciousness, even among those who don't follow football.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2022
The movie opens in 66 A.D., with the Jewish multitudes prostrating themselves in the courtyards of the temple atoning for their sins on Yom Kippur.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2021
"Forgiveness, Your Exalted Majesty," the magistrate said, prostrating himself.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
