Which preposition to use with adores

in Occurrences 35%

The incomparable Lucy Tait was still but a star to be adored in her distant heaven when I went away from Little Arcady to learn some things not taught in the faded brick schoolhouse.

as Occurrences 19%

And now he is directly called by the voice of God himself, amid the wonders of the burning bush,Him whom, thus far, he had, like Abraham, adored as the Elohim, the God Almighty, but whom henceforth he recognizes as Jehovah (Jahveh) in His special relations to the Jewish nation, rather than as the general Deity who unites the attributes ascribed to Him as the ruler of the universe.

with Occurrences 12%

Every face of his coin is a new image, which he adores with the highest veneration; yet takes upon him to be protector of that he worshippeth, which he fears to keep and abhors to lose, not daring to trust either any other god or his own.

for Occurrences 11%

"All Richmond," and that meant a good deal in a city whose women had been adored for beauty and wit on two continents, received Mrs. Atterbury's bidding to her drawing-room with proud alacrity.

of Occurrences 11%

Adored of all the powers of heavens bright! Lo, where that head that bled with thorny wound, Shines ever with celestíal honour crowned!

from Occurrences 6%

But if frequent usage has something lessened their vitality, Marrion is a living and credible human being, whether as daughter of a supposed valet, adoring from afar the gay young ensign, or as the unacknowledged wife of Marmaduke and mother of his child, or later as an army nurse amid the horrors of Crimean mismanagement.

by Occurrences 4%

Krishna himself was God and since he had shown divine love in passionately possessing the cowgirls, he was best adored by recalling these very encounters.

on Occurrences 3%

By the men he was adored on the cricket-field, where his bowling was most effective, while the girls, who always possess second sight in the way of detecting a good fellow when they see him, loved him en masse.

at Occurrences 2%

Notwithstanding the thick door which intervened between the body of our Saviour and myself I could see it plainly; it was quite transparent with a divine light, and two angels were adoring at the side.

like Occurrences 1%

he is a happy man, adored like a god, a prince, every man seeks to him, applauds, honours, admires him.

around Occurrences 1%

By knowledge perfect and faith complete I was bound to her,as the planets go Adoring around their central star, Free, but united for weal or woe.

to Occurrences 1%

Nothing can be more beautiful than the serene grace and the mingled majesty and humility in the figure of the Virgin, and in her countenance, as she looks up adoring to the Fountain of all light, all wisdom, and all goodness.

under Occurrences 1%

Once, in 1640, when the smallpox was desolating the villages of the Hurons, we are told by Father Lalemant that an Indian said there had appeared to him a beautiful youth, of imposing stature, and addressed him with these words: "Have no fear; I am the master of the earth, whom you Hurons adore under the name Ioskeha.

among Occurrences 1%

Adored among gods and men, it hath a handsome form.

beyond Occurrences 1%

Of these four brothers, two were the black and the red Tezcatlipoca, and the fourth was Huitzilopochtli, the Left handed, the deity adored beyond all others in the city of Mexico.

above Occurrences 1%

The war closing in 1865, I was discharged, and after a brief visit at Leavenworth I returned to St. Louis, having made up my mind to capture the heart of Miss Frederici, whom I now adored above any other young lady I had ever seen.

Which preposition to use with  adores