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Meanings of face downward in English

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Usage of face downward in English
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Suddenly the girl turned and threw herself face downward upon the bed.
The Oakdale Affair
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It was about half-full of water, and Joyce fell in face downward.
A Hive of Busy Bees
3
I rushed forward-theayah lay on the ground, face downward and motionless.
Animal Ghosts; Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter
4
The Snipe glanced over his shoulder and laid his cards face downward.
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts: A Book of Stories
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He was found lying face downward on the floor of his cabin.
Alice of Old Vincennes
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Presently he found Montague lying face downward and nearly convulsed with laughter.
Public Speaking: Principles and Practice
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Suddenly she twisted about and flung herself, face downward, on the pillow.
Cheerful—By Request
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She turned over on the bed, face downward, and began to cry.
The Little Colonel's House Party
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Yarra threw himself forward, face downward, at a space between the boulders.
In the Roaring Fifties
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With a bitter cry he threw himself, face downward, upon the ground.
At the Time Appointed
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She lay face downward, expecting each moment to be trampled to death.
Madge Morton's Secret
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Grief, face downward, watched his phosphorescent track glimmer, and dim, and vanish.
A Son of the Sun
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It lay face downward with its arms stretched out above its head.
The voyage of the dawn treader
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When the fin disappeared, she lay face downward in the water and watched.
South Sea Tales
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Roma, face downward, heard these sounds in the lapses of a terrible memory.
The Eternal City
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I seldom masturbated with the hand; my method was to lie face downward.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 / Sexual Selection In...
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