In humility he prostrates himself, in reverence (.
Ziusudu, the king, prostrates himself before Anu and Enlil, who bestow immortality upon him and cause him to dwell in a land, or mountain, the name of which may perhaps be read as Dilmun.
TSUMU [rushes in and prostrates herself before the King].
The loss of a great good prostrates for the time, and the remembrance itself of the grief will make us experience emotion after a year.
A man capable of giving us an idea of holiness possesses majesty, and if we do not go so far as to kneel, our mind at least prostrates itself before him.
But when a man prostrates himself in prayer to God it is the creature adoring the Creator.
The bridegroom also pays a formal visit to the bride's parents, and prostrates himself before them.
When a man meets a superior, he either prostrates himself on the ground, or squats down, places the palms of his hands together, and raises them up to the face.
She takes with her a few presents of cakes and fruit, and upon entering the house prostrates herself three times to the floor, and is then taken into the embrace and confidence of the family.
The Oriental prostrates himself in the dust before his sovereign; even before his God the Briton only kneels; yet would it not again be idle to ask which is the essential and proper form of reverence?
When he returns to the house, the karma karta prostrates himself before a lighted lamp; he partakes of no food, except a little grain and boiled pulse and water, boiled with coarse palm sugar and ginger.
He, who has been carrying the sword all this time, places it on the sill of the door of the room in which it is kept for worship, and prostrates before it.
It prostrates every benevolent and just principle of action in the human heart.
What oppression prostrates her strength or destroys her happiness?
She takes off the turban which keeps her hair in position, wraps it round her like a shawl, drops on her knees and finally prostrates herself three times in succession at full length on the ground.
Our host prostrates himself on the ground at the exact spot which he selects for his own bed.
Immediately her husband prostrates himself and adores her; she ceases to bear the humble title of wife and is called "Lord"; domestic duties have no further claim on her, and her will is a divine law.
Every one, even his own father, prostrateshimself before the milkman, and no one would dare to refuse him anything.
Rice is thrown on the heads of the couple, and the man prostrates himself at the feet of the elders.
For seven days, both morning and evening, heprostrates himself before it, and sprinkles the water of a tender cocoanut on it.
Denial is useless; the king prostrates himself at her feet, confessing his guilt and begging her not to be angry at her slave.
The bride then salutes a lamp, and prostrates herself at the feet of her parents, who bless her, saying "May your body and hands soon be filled (i.
He then prostrates himself at the feet of the Parpattikaran, who smears his forehead with sacred ashes.
The chief mourner thenprostrates himself on the ground, and is blessed by all.
The cake-thrower returns home, and prostrates himself before a lamp placed in the inner room, and repeats a long formula, composed of the various synonyms of Siva.
The Emperor Carle dismounts, prostrates himself Upon the verdant grass, invoking God With eyes uplifted toward the rising sun: "O father true, this day be my defense!
Charles dismounts from his charger, and prostrates himself, giving thanks to God.
Charles alights and prostrates himself, with an ardent prayer, before God, then mounts his horse, seizes his spear and shield, and with a serene countenance throws himself forward.
A furious charge both man and horse soon prostrates and repels, And all the cuirassiers are cracked like lobsters in their shells!
Then passes through their ranks, the son of heaven, who enters the temple of the ancestors, and prostrates himself, in his turn, thrice before the tablet of his fathers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prostrates" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
