Which preposition to use with braked

of Occurrences 24%

WHATEVER DIFFERENCE IN ITS PHYSICAL NATURE, climate and soil may produce in this animal, his functional characteristics are the same in whatever part of the world he may be found; and whether in the trackless forests of South America, the coral isles of Polynesia, the jungles of India, or the spicy brakes of Sumatra, he is everywhere known for his gluttony, laziness, and indifference to the character and quality of his food.

on Occurrences 19%

There was no brake on the wagon, and the horses were not much on the hold-back.

from Occurrences 14%

Then, trembling 'neath the touch of her soft fingers, Beltane rose up, and that which he had hidden deep within his heart brake from him.

in Occurrences 11%

So burst I through themI had an axe but it brake in my hold, see you, even as this my swordalack, there is no weapon that I do not break!

with Occurrences 6%

Or if occasion arises for slowing down in a crowded street, the same kind of driver throws out his clutch and applies the brakes with the throttle wide open so the motor can race unhindered.

to Occurrences 5%

Jules shut off the power as he made the turn, and braked to a dead stop in lee of a row of outhouses.

into Occurrences 3%

Now as he paced along in this right gallant estate, his roving glance, by hap, lighted on Beltane, whereupon, checking his powerful horse, he plucked daintily at the strings of his lute, delicate-fingered, and brake into song anew: "Ah, woe is me That I should be A lonely wight!

through Occurrences 3%

Throughout the day the rebels evidently had fought with the Napoleonic idea of massing their entire force on weak points of the enemy, with the intention of braking through their lines, creating a panic and cutting off retreat.

at Occurrences 2%

"Fear not; I will abide here, and if thou dost not cry 'Alack-a-day' ere long time is gone, may I never more peep through the brake at a fallow deer.

up Occurrences 1%

And so great a multitude of Christian people were slain then, that the people of Rome brake up his palace and cried and moved sedition against him, saying: Cæsar, amend thy manners and attemper thy commandments, for these be our people that thou destroyest, and defend the empire of Rome.

among Occurrences 1%

The tall canes growing in the brakes among the vineyards rustle as if shaken by a spectral hand.

within Occurrences 1%

" [Sidenote: The death of King Ban] Therewith a great passion of grief took hold upon him and shook him like to a leaf, and immediately after that he felt that something brake within him with a very sharp and bitter pain, and he wist that it was his heart that had broken.

as Occurrences 1%

Another Sullivan was fireman, fiercely shovelling imaginary coal; still another at the side of the box grasped the handle of the brake as one ready to die at his post if need be.

behind Occurrences 1%

The mulatto was just entering that indefinite stretch of thoroughfare where a country road becomes a village street when there came a wail of brakes behind him and he looked around.

beneath Occurrences 1%

Seek yonder brake beneath the cliff, There lies Red Murdoch, stark and stiff.

by Occurrences 1%

The best brake by all odds, is that which fastens with a lever chain to the brake-bar.

for Occurrences 1%

Shedding her long coat, and standing straight in her green tweed suit, with the plush seat of the brake for her floor, the countess told the cheering workers that she was going to come down to live in the Coombe.

like Occurrences 1%

My Gawd, Dale, didn't you know they make roulette wheels with a brake like a wagon?" "II've heard of 'em," Mr. Dale nodded, hesitatingly.

off Occurrences 1%

" He had had a drink or two with Buckner Gowdy back there in the saloon, and this had taken the brakes off his tongueif there were any provided in his temperament.

under Occurrences 1%

Pellaèa densa Modern botanists are inclined to place the dense cliff brake and the slender cliff brake under the genus Cryptográmma, which is so nearly like Pellaea that one hesitates to choose between them.

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