Which preposition to use with blind

to Occurrences 324%

Having, with great warmth and earnestness, used these arguments, he concluded, by plainly hinting to his wife that she had always been the apologist of the tailor, in all their disputes; and that she could not be so obstinately blind to the irrefragable reasoning he had urged, if she were not influenced by her old hankering after this fellow, and did not consult his interests in preference to those of her own family.

with Occurrences 115%

Then came the wonderful multitude of miners into the foot-hill zone, mostly blind with gold-dust, soon followed by "sheepmen," who, with wool over their eyes, chased their flocks through all the forest belts from one end of the range to the other.

in Occurrences 72%

Bessie listened to the facts which were set before her of the need that existed for some one to give a helping hand to the blind in London.

as Occurrences 64%

For he knew the Colonel was blind as a bat and as sensitive as a woman.

of Occurrences 62%

The blinds of these windows were closely drawn, but the inspector's keen eye detected that one of the catches had been broken, and there were marks of some instrument on the outside woodwork.

for Occurrences 35%

I got up, opened the blinds for a moment, and looked in the glass.

from Occurrences 28%

Half mad with rage and blind from excitement they ploughed their way through, fighting the bushes as though they were flesh and blood arms held out to stop them.

at Occurrences 21%

" THE INFANTA SEVILLA AND PERANZUELOS Upon Toledo's loftiest towers Sevilla kept the height; So wondrous fair was she that love Was blinded at the sight.

by Occurrences 17%

I thought" The rest was only a meaningless buzzing in Gloria's ears; she sat speechless herself, bereft of all reason for a dull moment, then harbouring quick, clear thoughts, as swift, as vivid as lightning, and in the end as blinding by their very quality of blazing light.

on Occurrences 8%

The chief said they must seek the glacier first before the sun got hot, for it was blinding on the snow.

into Occurrences 6%

And we only to be able to make our best speed, and to be weary with hope that we rush not blind into death; and alway to be chilled in the back with the belief that the thing that made chase did be very close in that utter dark, and to gain upon us.

like Occurrences 6%

He must not grow up money-blinded like Carlotta.

than Occurrences 5%

A friend of the "Bloostockin's" jumped upon a pile of stuns and said: "15 to 10 'the Roomatix' have got more blinds than the 'Bloostockin's.'

towards Occurrences 5%

Amid the complexity of human feelings, he remained blind towards evil and an advocate of the good.

against Occurrences 3%

that for the may-fly leaps, And breaks the mirror of the circling deeps; Or clock, that blind against the wanderer born Drops at his feet, and stills his droning horn.

through Occurrences 3%

Before this his observance has been half blind through prejudice either for or against; he either sees her magnified with adulation, or else the large end of the glass is placed against his eye and she is merely a speck in the distance.

over Occurrences 3%

She looked shyly up at the lighted wire-blinds over the ironmongery.

under Occurrences 3%

There is no means of ventilation in the ceiling, but there is a frieze of blinds under it, along both sides of the car, with slats that can be turned to let the air in directly upon the body of the occupant of the upper berth, who is at liberty to elect whether he dies of pneumonia or suffocation.

about Occurrences 2%

Then he wandered quite blind about the forest, ate nothing but roots and berries, and did nothing but lament and weep over the loss of his dearest wife.

among Occurrences 2%

He doth not now see with his mind's eye how he hath become so sightless, and on account of what act he hath grown blind among the kings of this entire earth.

outside Occurrences 1%

The striped blinds outside the three long, open windows subdued the sun-glare, yet the very odour of the cut flowers in the room seemed oppressive, while without could be heard the busy hum of insect life.

before Occurrences 1%

This might be performed by a strong light, made by means of Mr. Argand's lamps, passing through coloured glasses, and falling on a defined part of a wall, with moveable blinds before them, which might communicate with the keys of a harpsichord; and thus produce at the same time visible and audible music in unison with each other.

unto Occurrences 1%

Now in the first moment that I did perceive the dark Pyramid, I had been without wit, save to run very quick and blind unto the place; for you to remember how long I had made so great a search.

up Occurrences 1%

Even the blind, if God be with him, that is, if he knows he is blind and does not think he sees, may become a leader of the blind up to the narrow gate.

amid Occurrences 1%

On the contrary, the empty boast of freedom is heard in the following words of solemn mockery: "The soul of man here no longer sits bound and blind amid the despotic forms of the past; it walks abroad without a shackle, and with an uncovered eye."

Which preposition to use with  blind