Which preposition to use with breakers

of Occurrences 45%

"This Gefroi o' thine is a rare breaker of necks and hath o'er-thrown all the wrestlers in the three duchies; a man is he, set in his strength and experienced, but this forester, tall though he be, is but a beardless youth.

on Occurrences 21%

Only as the boat hovered for a moment at the face of the cliff could the exploring party hear, far within, the hollow boom that told of breakers on a distant, subterranean beach.

in Occurrences 15%

A dictatorship was spoken of, and I accepted it without hesitation, having always believed it the plank of safety in urgent cases, amid the breakers in which nations often find themselves.

at Occurrences 7%

"Send Dr. Gunther up to the breaker at once," he said, as he made ready to start.

with Occurrences 6%

Bounding like a chamois o'er the rocks, to her house, she quickly returned with a long coil of rope, and instantly hurled it over the curling breakers with such a strong arm and true aim, that one end of it struck Mr. P. in the face with a crack like that of a giant's whip.

to Occurrences 6%

This same gloomy tide Rolling its fearful breakers to the shore, Shall be transform'd, upon the other side, Into the crystal Life-stream, shaded o'er By Paradisal groves, whose mellow fruit Shall heal the sorrows of the destitute.

into Occurrences 4%

Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.

by Occurrences 4%

We are law breakers by instinct and family tradition.

from Occurrences 4%

A whimsical old Saragossa fashion, That a dead father's dying inclination, Should live to thwart a living daughter's passion, Unjustly on the sex we men exclaim, Rail at your vices,and commit the same; Man is a promise-breaker from the womb, And goes a promise-breaker to the tomb

for Occurrences 3%

On gaining an offing, we found that the beforementioned point was no actual cape or promontory, as the shore appeared perfectly straight on the other side; yet we kept at some distance out to sea, as we observed breakers for several miles out to sea.

near Occurrences 2%

But the real danger lay in missing the coast of Mogador, or not being able to get within its port from the violence of the breakers near the shore.

during Occurrences 2%

You know, I presume, that they went in as strike-breakers during the trouble down here at the steel works.

after Occurrences 1%

exclaimed Blake as their baggage and moving picture cameras and accessories having been put away, they sat on the veranda and watched breaker after breaker sweep in from the Caribbean Sea.

on Occurrences 1%

She gets the members of the Lease Breakers on the 'phone and that night they hold the big celebration and the next morning four tenants kicked to the landlord.

against Occurrences 1%

The waves that swung in before this gale rose in breakers against the cliff higher than our masts.

along Occurrences 1%

When the mist lifted a little, we saw the faint line of breakers along the shore.

among Occurrences 1%

Already Ned Holiday's younger son had acquired something of a reputation as a high flier among his own sex, and a heart breaker among the fairer one.

behind Occurrences 1%

A great floating derelict of a log struck her leg with its full weight, and with all the tremendous force of the breaker behind it.

beyond Occurrences 1%

My nerve was tested a bit as the baidarka swept by the shore, for had it once got well started we should have been drawn into the rapids and then into a long line of angry breakers beyond.

like Occurrences 1%

He would improve his leisure with self study, get what schooling he could, and, finally, as the height of his ambition, he hoped that, some day, he might become a mining engineer; able to sink shafts, to direct headings, to map out the devious courses of the mine, or to build great breakers like the one in which he spent his days.

off Occurrences 1%

But one day, when out in a canoe, he was capsized in the breakers off a certain islet and, to use his own words, "my god was lost to me, though I dived for it.

over Occurrences 1%

And in the glow of his lids he saw the tents on the naked desert; he saw the forms of veiled women; he saw the horses of warriors coming like a breaker over the sandthe horses of the warriors of God!

than Occurrences 1%

Rows of breakers opening their strong teeth for the ship might stretch between, but better the breakers than the slaver's deck and the man hunt in the slimy African lagoons.

within Occurrences 1%

Standing at any point on this shore line of human habitations, you can look out across the wide landscape and count a score of coal-breakers within the limits of your first glance.

without Occurrences 1%

Afterwards we admitted that Angela had saved his life, although Jim could not have fought his way through the breakers without our help.

Which preposition to use with  breakers