All 5 Uses
prostrate
in
A Death in the Family
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- The moistures of May drowned all save the most ardent stars, and gave back to the earth the sublimated light of the prostrate city.†
Chpt 2 *
- Beneath his prostrate head, eternity opened.†
Chpt 7
- Tell him I'm prostrated.†
Chpt 12
- The strong frown was still in the forehead but, even as they watched, it seemed to be fading very slowly; already the flesh had settled somewhat along the bones of the prostrate skull; the temples, the forehead and the sockets of the eyes were more subtly molded than they had been in life and the nose was more finely arched; the chin was thrust upward as if proudly and impatiently, and the small cut at its point was as neat and bloodless as if it had been made by a chisel in soft wood.†
Chpt 12
- It seemed to her that she was falling backward and downward, prostrate, through eternity; she felt no concern.†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(1)
(prostrate) lying down - typically face downward on the ground as in submission
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)