Prostrated

Examples

• When I am totally prostrated (did I mention that I was totally prostrated by Marian's letter? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But, now that Eva was fairly and visibly prostrated, and a doctor called, Marie, all on a sudden, took a new turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• A good man is not prostrated at the loss of children or fortune. Plato. The Republic.
• I handed these lines, at arm's length, to the Count--I sank back in my chair--I said, Excuse me--I am entirely prostrated--I can do no more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• As I passed him, his teeth loudly chattered in his head, and with every mark of extreme humiliation, he prostrated himself in the dust. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Again I prostrated myself on the earth, and, pressing my hands to my burning temples, prayed for strength sufficient to keep out despondency. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The three men prostrated themselves on the rock, before the curtain which hid the shrine. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But just now she is only prostrated by the heat of the weather, and by the excitement of her cousin's visit, and the exertions she made. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She is not quite prostrated by fatigue? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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