face-downwards

Geologist William Mulloy suggested using a curved Y-shaped sledge made from the fork of a big tree, on which the statue rests face-downwards.

The Eight Wonder of the World – Easter Island | Impact Lab 2007

For Nell had flung herself face-downwards in the hay, and was sobbing convulsively.

Growing Pains 2003

Hilda fell on to the left-hand berth and lay face-downwards.

The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983

Instead, he let Sumpsi Din sleep for long hours at a time face-downwards on his arm in the sun, which was what Sumpsi Din liked best in the world, while he, Sonny Sahib, clapped his hands a hundred times at the little green thieves, abusing them roundly, and wondering always at the back of his head why so splendid a horseman should have stopped at his particular doorstep.

The Story of Sonny Sahib Sara Jeannette Duncan

Placing the blank side of the sheet face-downwards upon the imprint he pressed down smartly.

The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall

Lying on it, in a face-downwards position, was an enormously broad figure so wrapped and entwined in blankets that it resembled nothing so much as a gross and ape-like mummy.

The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948

As the exclamation escaped him, Captain Branscome, who had casually picked up a corner of the parchment between finger and thumb, with a nervous jerk drew the whole chart from under my outspread palms and turned it over face-downwards.

Poison Island Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Parson Spettigew laid the book face-downwards on his knee while his lips murmured a part of the text he had chosen: "_A place of broad rivers and streams ... wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby_ ...."

News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Then, without waiting to see the effect of this shot, I snatched musket number three, and ran through the drifting smoke to where my first victim lay face-downwards in the grasses, his swine's mask bowed upon the forelegs crossed -- as a man crosses his arms -- inwards from the elbow.

Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

'Let's hope it won't be musk-milk,' said Anthea, in gloom, as she pinned the paper face-downwards on the carpet.

The Phoenix and the Carpet 1891