Sentence examples for prostrate with grief from inspiring English sources

For about a year I was dancing attendance on ­Lucinda or prostrate with grief.

There are thousands of unpublished writers out there who would give their back teeth to be lying on the sofa prostrate with grief that their latest has been overlooked by the Booker panel.

In the huge white-and-blue concrete stands, women were prostrate with grief, and the announcer was so thunderstruck that he forgot to broadcast the result of the other cup match between Spain and Sweden to decide minor placings.

Anne was prostrate with grief, taking to her chamber.

We are right to be angry, or prostrate with grief.

His widow, Beryl, became prostrate with grief on hearing of his death; many members of the Army were affected, with one soldier lamenting it felt as if "the whole war stopped".

The Prince Regent was prostrated with grief, and was unable to attend his child's funeral.

The Queen was prostrated with grief, and considered ennobling Ralph or Coningsby as a memorial to Disraeli (without children, his titles became extinct with his death) but decided against it on the ground that their means were too small for a peerage.

I was gleefully rubbing my hands as I anticipated the pleasure of making my characters cry, rage, or even lie prostrate on the ground with grief before they could resolve their conflicts.

"Demented with grief she is.

Norway was overwhelmed with grief.