Which preposition to use with appal

at Occurrences 43%

" The Boy stopped, appalled at the thought of woman in a perpetual state of siege.

in Occurrences 12%

A ghastly face, appalling in its fear of death!

to Occurrences 10%

Since my father's death I have tasted enough of poverty to know something of its bitterness; and to be doomed to it for life is appalling to me.

BY Occurrences 4%

Men, women and children fought desperately with each other to get on board, and in that moment of supreme anguish human nature was seen in one of its worst moods; but who can blame these stricken people? APPALLED BY THE HORROR OF WAR "They were fleeing from les barbares,' and shells that were destroying their homes and giving their beloved town to the flames were screaming over their heads.

before Occurrences 3%

" "Alas!" began Ione; and then, appalled before his sudden and unlooked for violence, she burst into tears.

With Occurrences 2%

Lady, I bear no high resounding lyre To hymn thy glory, and thy foes appal With thunderous splendour of my rhythmic ire; A little lute I lightly touch and small

from Occurrences 2%

Look at me, uncle, clove-befogged, and shrink appalled from the dread sight, and pray for mercy.

on Occurrences 2%

For ten days the battle raged on the plains, in the forests and on the hills before Verdun, and the loss of life was appalling on both sides.

as Occurrences 1%

And she listened, alternately fascinated and appalled as, step by step, his story unfolded the links in an apparently inexorable sequence involving this young man and herself in a predestined string of episodes not yet ended if she permitted herself to credit this astounding story.

Which preposition to use with  appal