Which preposition to use with athlete

of Occurrences 67%

As foes arose, these athletes of the tribe or clan would be the first to rush forth to slay the wild beast, to brave the sea and storm, or to wreak vengeance on assailing tribes.

in Occurrences 13%

It was currently reported, indeed, that he had been a first-class athlete in his younger days, and that he took a quiet half-hour in the morning with his dumb-bells now, before doing any thing at all with his Greek and Latin.

with Occurrences 4%

As well take some mighty athlete with muscles of steel, rig him up with purple drapery and meretricious ornament, rouge and powder his cheeks; faugh, what an object one would make of him with such defilements!"[105] But meretricious ornament was popular, and poets, historians, and orators alike scrambled to see who could most adorn his speech.

from Occurrences 3%

He looked like a youthful athlete from Oxford or Cambridgea simple-minded person who had jumped higher or run quicker than anybody else without conceit, taking himself, like St. Paul, as he found himself and giving the credit elsewhere.

for Occurrences 3%

This Damon, it seems, was a sophist of the highest order, who used the name of music to conceal this accomplishment from the world, but who really trained Pericles for his political contests just as a trainer prepares an athlete for the games.

by Occurrences 2%

He was a stranger to her, but she could see that he was an athlete by his broad shoulders, his long arms, and his graceful poise, as he lurked there almost like a tiger preparing for a spring.

at Occurrences 2%

The sail filled with a roar, and the boat leaped away like an athlete at a pistol-shot.

as Occurrences 2%

The most purely physical types imply spiritual qualities, choice, will, command,all the life which was a condition precedent to the bodily perfection that was its flower; and, though the eye rests on the beautiful form, it may discern through it the human soul of the athlete as in life; and, moreover, the figure may be represented in some significant act, or mood even, but this last is rare.

among Occurrences 1%

She was a vigorous old woman, straight as a dart, slim as a girl, active in her degree as any young athlete among those hills, and she declared that she never felt the need of change of air.

into Occurrences 1%

" Epictetus also bids the endangered man remember that he has been sent by God as an athlete into the arena.

Which preposition to use with  athlete