All 4 Uses of
prostrate
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- "Sir John d'Urberville—that's who I am," continued the prostrate man.†
Chpt 1 *
- An inner cloud of dust rose around the prostrate figures amid the general one of the room, in which a twitching entanglement of arms and legs was discernible.†
Chpt 1
- The next pillar was isolated; others composed a trilithon; others were prostrate, their flanks forming a causeway wide enough for a carriage; and it was soon obvious that they made up a forest of monoliths grouped upon the grassy expanse of the plain.†
Chpt 7
- Turning, he saw over the prostrate columns another figure; then before he was aware, another was at hand on the right, under a trilithon, and another on the left.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
lying down - typically face downward on the ground as in submission