Which preposition to use with beat

of Occurrences 349%

The only apparent movement was the North and South beat of the sun-stream, that had become so swift now, as to be better described as a quiver.

in Occurrences 323%

There are hours of silence and meditation when the great thought I am beats in upon the soul.

with Occurrences 312%

Cook 1 pint of milk; add 1/2 cup of boiled rice and some currants; stir in the yolks of 2 eggs well beaten with 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar.

to Occurrences 257%

The captain with beautiful simplicity crushed his antagonist in his gorilla-like squeeze, carried him to the side of the vessel, and dropped him limp and beaten to the pier.

on Occurrences 151%

The surges beat on the shore louder than the ordinary, and the foam, even in these day hours, seemed to throw up a faint phosphorescence.

against Occurrences 125%

For, instead of finding rest at once, like the snow which falls into the tranquil depths of the forests, it is rolled over and over, beaten against rock-ridges, and swirled in pits and hollows, like boulders, pebbles, and sand in the pot-holes of a river, until finally the delicate angles of the crystals are worn off, and the whole mass is reduced to dust.

at Occurrences 114%

" "All murder is done for love of one sort or another: war is love of country; revenge is love of some one elsemen rarely kill from hate," Vincent stammered, his heart beating at the nearness of what he was dying to say.

for Occurrences 86%

We stationed two of our boats between the island and the shore nearest the main land, and the other on the opposite side, and sent Cullen upon the island to beat for game.

about Occurrences 75%

The Bards and Reviewers beats about, where the lines to Atticus transfix with Philoctetes' arrows; but they are due to a like impulse.

into Occurrences 70%

Conserves consist of fresh vegetable matters beat into a uniform mass with refined sugar, and they are intended to preserve the virtues and properties of recent flowers, leaves, roots, peels, or fruits, unaltered, and as near as possible to what they were when fresh gathered, and to give them an agreeable taste.

like Occurrences 60%

I tried to keep my eyes steady, though my heart was beating like a fanner.

until Occurrences 44%

Beat whites separate; add flour to the yolks and sugar; beat until stiff.

out Occurrences 40%

" Here the Colonel removed a newspaper which had covered a portion of his table, and showed me a metallic case beaten out of all shape, but apparently of what had been a silvery colour, very little rusted, though much soiled.

through Occurrences 30%

The snorting of the locomotive broke in a measured beat through the roll of wheels; the rocks threw back confused echoes about the clanging cars.

as Occurrences 23%

His countenance was essentially that of a man devoted to open-air sport, for it was slightly furrowed and weather-beaten as a true yachtsman's should be.

from Occurrences 23%

Such a stock-taking, that of the human hearts which beat from half after eight to six behind six floors of counters, would have revealed empty crannies, worn thin in places with the grind of routine.

over Occurrences 17%

All that day the passengers were kept close below hatches, for the sea beat over the ship.

under Occurrences 16%

Aunt Plumy was in the great kitchen making pies; a jolly old soul, with a face as ruddy as a winter apple, a cheery voice, and the kindest heart that ever beat under a gingham gown.

beneath Occurrences 13%

But a heavy heart beat beneath his uniform.

within Occurrences 10%

But how the fires leaped uphow ambition beat within ushow our attic theatre was wrought to perfectionhow the play came off and wracked the neighborhood of its pinswith what grace I myself acted Aladdinthese things must be written by a vain and braggart pen.

around Occurrences 10%

Don't let's beat around the bush.

before Occurrences 8%

The drums beat before her, as she set forth again, and the city government, yielding to the feminine conqueror, came to do her homage.

by Occurrences 6%

Beat by beat the helpless fury in him subsided, and then he fell back and lay still for a long time, eyes shut, relaxed and still.

across Occurrences 6%

At dusk a drum had begun to beat across the lagoon and the faint monotonous noise had jarred.

without Occurrences 5%

This the French, according to their contract with the king of Prussia, should have attempted to hinder; but they knew, by experience, the Austrians would not be beaten without resistance, and that resistance always incommodes an assailant.

Which preposition to use with  beat