All 6 Uses of
prostrate
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Gabriel was already among the turgid, prostrate forms.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- Gabriel lately, for the first time since his prostration by misfortune, had been independent in thought and vigorous in action to a marked extent—conditions which, powerless without an opportunity as an opportunity without them is barren, would have given him a sure lift upwards when the favourable conjunction should have occurred.†
Chpt 22-24
- These lifted the prostrate figure and assisted her in through the doorway.†
Chpt 40-42
- Troy, in his prostration at this time, had no perception that in the futility of these romantic doings, dictated by a remorseful reaction from previous indifference, there was any element of absurdity.†
Chpt 43-45
- Men were shouting, dogs were barking, with greatest animation, but the thronging travellers in so long a journey had grown nearly indifferent to such terrors, though they still bleated piteously at the unwontedness of their experiences, a tall shepherd rising here and there in the midst of them, like a gigantic idol amid a crowd of prostrate devotees.†
Chpt 49-51
- The utter prostration that had followed the low fever from which she had suffered diminished perceptibly when all uncertainty upon every subject had come to an end.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(prostrate) lying down - typically face downward on the ground as in submission