Which preposition to use with blues

of Occurrences 327%

The sky was now grown very much darker, and there was in the blue of it a heavy gloom, as though a vast blackness peered through it upon the earth.

as Occurrences 94%

To further enlist your tolerance, Gertie Slayback's eyes were as blue as the noon of June, and James P. Batch, in a belted-in coat and five kid finger-points protruding ever so slightly and rightly from a breast pocket, was hewn and honed in the image of youth.

with Occurrences 91%

One for the Marshal and Madame de MacMahon was beautifully doneall the footmen, dozens, in gala liveries, red and yellow, the maitre d'hotel in very dark blue with gold epaulettes and aiguillettes.

in Occurrences 84%

Their waters are keen ultramarine blue in the deepest parts, lively grass-green toward the shore shallows and around the edges of the small bergs usually floating about in them.

on Occurrences 34%

They saw Mercury, with its gleam of white light, and Mars, with its ruddy glow; they saw Regulus come out of the darkening blue on one side of the sun, Venus shimmer and Procyon twinkle near the horizon, and Arcturus shine down from the zenith.

for Occurrences 32%

" "Why didn't you try blue for a change?" "Dunno; didn't want any change, I guess.

to Occurrences 20%

Then, to make the sight he gazed on still more enchanting, just as the sun went down the colour of the hills changed from stone blue to a purple that was like the purple of ripe plums and grapes, only more beautiful and bright.

from Occurrences 13%

"I think of myself, Mademoiselle, of myself always, and now I am very fortunate, but the blue from my coat is running on your dress.

like Occurrences 13%

And now the hills were once more in sightthose great blue hills where he wished to be, looking nearer and larger than before, but they still looked blue like great banks of cloud and were a long distance away.

at Occurrences 13%

It was the last day of February, the extra day, dead still, and biting cold, with thick, lead-colored skies shading down to inky blue at the western horizon.

over Occurrences 10%

The black eyes of the maiden and the blue over the way, from looking into each other for the first time in life, glanced down to the arched doorway upon Monsieur the manager.

about Occurrences 9%

Andre, an old friend of W.'s, a very conservative Protestant banker, was very blue about affairs.

above Occurrences 9%

I craned my neck to look into the spring blue above us, and there7,000 to 8,000 feet high, according to the officerswere three Boche aeroplanes pursued by two French machines.

through Occurrences 9%

It was a desperate chance enough, but came as welcome as a patch of blue through lowering skies.

into Occurrences 8%

Reining Old Blue into it she rode swiftly along the ridge and down the slope toward the dangerous crossing.

than Occurrences 6%

and just oblige me by picking out one of the birds for yourself, if you can find one at all less blue than the rest.

among Occurrences 6%

But of one thing we may be certain: that I was meant to shimmer in the blue among the fragrant gum-trees of the East, and not to be chased through brambles by a hound!Am I the ancient Phoenix?

between Occurrences 5%

To the north and east a wilderness of mountain peaks; to the west the Grand Cul- de-sac and the Carenage, mapped out in sheets of blue between high promontories; and, beyond all, the open sea.

beneath Occurrences 5%

the voice was sweet to hear as note of merle or mavis; these eyes were long and deeply blue beneath their heavy lashes; eyes that looked up, brimful of tenderness, ere they closed slow and wearily; eyes so much at odds with grim bascinet and close-laced camail that Beltane must needs start and hold his breath and fall to sudden trembling what time Sir Fidelis lay there, pale and motionless, as one that is dead.

by Occurrences 4%

You're getting quite in the blues by being so much alone.

before Occurrences 3%

The sun came out, and the sky was quite blue before eleven o'clock, and the fishermen spread tarpaulins on the sand for the congregation to sit on, and I found myselfI must say very much against my willbeing led to the place by little Jack.

behind Occurrences 3%

Just as the daylight began to show blue behind the frosted panes, and the yellow lamplight grew pale and sickly, Rance Belmont rose and stretched his stiffened limbs.

toward Occurrences 2%

"Please," she said, starting Old Blue toward the west along the crest of the ridge, "don't be sentimental.

under Occurrences 2%

The river was dark blue under a cloudless sky.

around Occurrences 2%

Mustard, orange, navy blue around a fake significance.

Which preposition to use with  blues