"It is a dreadful distance down there," he murmured, Flattening himself against the wall and closing his eyes.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon
Other forms of Flattening-out a transgressor's self-content remain however.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
He stole softly up the stairs, and, Flattening himself against the wall, approached Margaret's door, which was about an inch ajar.
"Penrod and Sam"
Booth Tarkington