Which preposition to use with ached

for Occurrences 79%

Mary's heart ached for these children of the slums.

with Occurrences 79%

We look at him doing the splendid things amidst the plaudits of the multitude, but think of the monotonous, weary days, going up and down the sun-baked streets surrounded by a crowd of noisy beggars full of all sorts of loathsome disease, and the humdrum life in Nazareth; and all the time the great heart aching with that ceaseless sorrow,'His own received him not!'

in Occurrences 63%

I wandered into pleasant dreams, and scarce felt the roughness of the ground on my bare feet and the aches in every limb.

from Occurrences 41%

"First, my head would ache from the constant noise; then it would spin; then I should grow faint and hear you less distinctly; then your voice, although you were talking-on the same as ever, would sound like a mere steady hum to me; then I should become unconscious, and be carried home, with you still whispering in my ear.

of Occurrences 33%

Each sobbing breath is but a cry, My heart-strokes knells of agony, And my whole brain has but one thought That nevermore through life shall I (Save in the ache of memory) Touch hands with thee, who now art naught!

at Occurrences 25%

V GOLDEN FLEECE How saving a dispensation it is that men do not carry in their hearts perpetual ache at the pain of the world, that the body-thuds of the drink-crazed, beating out frantic strength against cell doors, cannot penetrate the beatitude of a mother bending, at that moment, above a crib.

to Occurrences 10%

Finally, when his brain was beginning to reel with the heat, and his shoulders ached to numbness, the last strand parted.

like Occurrences 8%

He ached like a man bruised and beaten; he was possessed with a sense of loneliness, poignant as pain.

under Occurrences 5%

Ralph's weak bones ached under his handshake.

out Occurrences 4%

The skin had been scorched on my shins and feet, and was peeling off in patches, but the ointment which had been rubbed on it had taken the worst ache out of the wounds.

within Occurrences 3%

how often I have laughed, at such times, when my heart ached within me; and how often, when permitted to retire to my bed, have I found relief in tears!

on Occurrences 2%

She had her doubtsanxious and aching on the spot, and had expressed them to Mr. Pitman: certainly, of old, he had been more open to the quotable than to the inexpressible, to charms than to charm.

beneath Occurrences 1%

This spot of the New World was the first to ache beneath the white man's greedy and superstitious tread.

as Occurrences 1%

Arms and backs ached as Colden, Wilton and Carson, advised by Willet, drove them hard.

over Occurrences 1%

" Kate tried to look at it in a philosophic way, but her heart yearned and ached over the poor, infatuated fugitive.

through Occurrences 1%

She was hurt and aching through and through.

against Occurrences 1%

Jot thought with a twinge of sympathy how hard the seats must feel, and how shoulders must ache against the perfectly straight-up-and-down backs.

after Occurrences 1%

For Flora its sharpest pangs were in her own rage; a rage not of the earlier, cold sort against Anna and whoever belonged to Annathat transport had always been more than half a joybut a new, hot rage against herself and the finical cheapness of her scheming, a rage that stabbed her fair complacency with the revelation that she had a heart, and a heart that could ache after another.

across Occurrences 1%

" I tried to sleep, but the knocking continued, aching across my brows till I thought I must go mad.

down Occurrences 1%

He didn't know why he was so tired, he had felt quite "bobbish" all the week; suddenly now his limbs were like water, he had a bad ache down his spine and his legs were as heavy as lead.

about Occurrences 1%

My heart aches about the mysterious corruptions and evils of an old state of society such as we have in England.

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