Both Uses of
prostrate
in
Franny and Zooey
- He stared over at Franny's prostrate, face-down position on the couch, and heard, probably for the first time, the only partly stifled sounds of anguish coming from her.†
Chpt 2.3
- Her sobbing had let up a bit, or seemed to have, but her body was in the same wretched, prostrate, face-down position.†
Chpt 2.3 *
Definition:
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(prostrate) lying down - typically face downward on the ground as in submission