Which preposition to use with active

in Occurrences 302%

Livingston, as we have seen already, belonged to a leading New York family which was very active in the rebel cause; and Livingston, Walker, Allen, and Brown would have made a dangerous anti-British combination if they could only have worked together.

as Occurrences 62%

Although I have suffered much from ill health, and in many ways, I am still as active as any man in the regiment, and quite as able as the youngest to go through fatigue.

than Occurrences 40%

The farmer's wife for the first time was relieved of care, and could go off to see the sights with her mind at rest, if she desired anything more active than rocking lazily with the delicious sensation of having nothing to do.

of Occurrences 36%

They exchanged looks and greetings as they encountered, and the more active of the two, whose face was set in an easterly direction, ventured a compassionate allusion to the other's apparent distress.

for Occurrences 20%

From this time on the French offensive was active for three weeks, culminating in a great victory on the Soissons front April 16, in which the German losses were placed at 100,000.

on Occurrences 18%

One of them was very active on the rebel side in Montreal and was soon to take the field at the head of the American 'patriots' in Canada.

to Occurrences 13%

This celebrated animal went through all of General Sherman's campaigns, and is as sound and active to-day as a four-year old.

at Occurrences 10%

He had won victories in Gaul and Britain; but in the mean time his enemies had been active at Rome.

against Occurrences 9%

They took over from XXIst Corps at a time when the enemy was still very active against the line which they had gained under very hard conditions.

from Occurrences 6%

He had but faint remembrance and dim knowledge of what tasks must have fallen to her lot, but his mind, active from the moment his eyes flew open, was quick to understand that the burdens had fallen upon her shoulders and that she must have been in dire need of rest and sleep.

with Occurrences 4%

He found he could turn from the wrinkled face that had fascinated him, that had seemed to question him with a calm and complete knowledge, to the lovely one that was active with a little smile of encouragement.

during Occurrences 3%

The vital and formative principle, which was active during the process of crystallization into sects, or schools of thought, or governments, ceases to act; and what was once a living emanation of the Eternal Mind, organically operative in history, becomes the dead formula on men's lips and the dry topic of the annalist.

among Occurrences 3%

There has for some time past been a great awakening about religion in Finland and other parts of the North, and the most active among this number, in their zeal not tempered with right knowledge, have transgressed the law.

within Occurrences 3%

Roswell felt that he conceded more than he ought to do; but the feeling of good-fellowship was active within him, and he was strongly averse to doing anything that might wear the appearance of abandoning a companion in his difficulties.

through Occurrences 3%

Men's minds were turned toward practical experiment in that art by the very influences made active through the labors of those scholars who ushered in the Renaissance.

about Occurrences 3%

"He is active about something at this very instantperhaps he is reading.

without Occurrences 2%

He probably would have fought well had he been so fortunate as to encounter the foe; for he was cool, fearless, strong, agile, and active without rashness.

after Occurrences 2%

"Paddyroles" as the men were called who were sent by the Rebels to watch the slaves to prevent their escaping during war times, were very active after freedom.

along Occurrences 2%

He forced his glance from the shadows which seemed more active along the walls.

before Occurrences 2%

FORNICATION IS OF THE NATURAL MAN, in like manner as the love of the sex, which, if it becomes active before marriage, is called fornication.

between Occurrences 2%

At St. Louis the struggle was active between the Unionists and the Secessionists.

into Occurrences 2%

Chatsworth and Haddon Hall should be seen the same day if possible; so that you may carry the impression of the one fresh and active into the other.

like Occurrences 2%

He never gets active like that unless he has some personal axe to grind.

over Occurrences 2%

Even a slight bruise becomes serious if pressure is allowed to remain active over the injured part.

up Occurrences 2%

Text of Interview Emiline Waddell, a former slave of the L.W. Waddell family, lived to be 106 years old, and was active up to her death.

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