Which preposition to use with bright

with Occurrences 291%

Once he stopped to breathe on the brass binnacle and to rub it bright with the dirtiest red bandana handkerchief I ever want to see.

as Occurrences 291%

The day was not as bright as the preceding one.

than Occurrences 143%

Some of the passing globes were brighter than others; and, it was from one of these, that a face looked, suddenly.

in Occurrences 116%

Of course, this is not what I call good music, but it's very bright in its way, and the wordsI always think these words are so clever.

of Occurrences 60%

He has long black whiskers, which gives him a rather fierce look when observed closely, strong claws, sharp as fish-hooks, and the brightest of bright eyes, full of telling speculation.

for Occurrences 45%

The new president of the club has had practical experience in Base Ball and perhaps plenty of it, as almost everybody has had in Washington, but he is a wideawake, progressive and ambitious man, who is of just the type to keep Base Ball going, now that it has struck its gait in the national capital, and the future of the sport looks all the brighter for his connection with it.

to Occurrences 39%

Does not this earth look brighter to him then?

on Occurrences 32%

And presently he rose and lifted his hand, whereat the trumpets blared and, thereafter, with ring of hoof and tramp of foot, marched they forth of Winisfarne, the sun bright on helm and shield, a right gallant array.

from Occurrences 19%

'Tis twenty years since these limbs bore it, yet seeI have kept it bright from rust lest, peradventure, Pentavalon should need thee to raise again the battle cry of thy house and lead her men to war.

at Occurrences 13%

From fountains bright at fair Versailles, And gardens of St. Cloud With a rooster of the Gallic breed To cock-a-doodle-do Behold!

by Occurrences 11%

One died in infancy; the other was Augusta, the half sister and good genius of the poet, whose memory remains like a star on the fringe of a thunder-cloud, only brighter by the passing of the smoke of calumny.

through Occurrences 10%

He saw the flare of a camp-fire shining bright through the dark of a low-lying flat two miles or more from his vantage-point.

under Occurrences 10%

And ever the trouble in his dazed brain grew the deeper; once, as they crossed a broad glade she rode up close beside him, and beneath her hood he saw a strand of her glorious hair, bright under the moon.

like Occurrences 8%

And she represented one and all, the dead, the living, the whole flourishing line, its many griefs, its many joys, all the valiant toil of creation, all the river of life that it typified, for everything ended in her, dear, frail, fair-haired angel, with eyes bright like the dawn, in whose depths the future sparkled.

about Occurrences 7%

The light flashed broader and brighter about the room, and on the dead face there,never Meg's again.

against Occurrences 6%

Now he saw the stars, as it were, with the physical eye alone, merely because they blazed so bright against the darkness above him; he was scarcely conscious of their gleam and sparkle.

over Occurrences 5%

He could picture her in her younger days, so gay and bright over yonder at Janville, roaming the woods there in the company of her husband, the pair of them losing themselves among the deserted paths, and lingering in the discreet shade of the pollard willows beside the Yeuse, where their love kisses sounded beneath the branches like the twittering of song birds.

after Occurrences 4%

Cobden first, and Bright after him, became members of the House of Commons, and they were further assisted there by Milner Gibson, a man of position and family, an effective debater, who had been at first a Conservative, but who passed over to the ranks of the Free Traders, and through them to the ranks of the Liberals or Radicals.

above Occurrences 4%

We can readily see that the relation of Venus to the sun, and the evening and morning twilights, suggested the pleasing tale that as the light dies in the west, it is, in a certain way, preserved by the star which hangs so bright above the horizon.

unto Occurrences 3%

Should even this be the case I humbly hope ever to be preserved from accusing the just Judge of the earth of having dealt hardly with me, but acknowledge to the last that he has in mercy favored me abundantly with a portion of that light which is said to shine brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.

near Occurrences 3%

"As the last rays of sunlight disappeared, the corona burst out all around the sun, so intensely bright near the sun that the eye could scarcely bear it; extending less dazzlingly bright around the sun for the space of about half the sun's diameter, and in some directions sending off streamers for millions of miles.

within Occurrences 2%

None we urge and none repel; Opens at your touch the door, Bright within the lamp of lore.

before Occurrences 2%

The prospect was bright before them; let them not look [Footnote 1: That with Sweden was negotiated by Whitelock, who had been sent on that mission against his will by the influence of Cromwell.

behind Occurrences 2%

His hair was brushed straight back from his broad, smooth forehead and his mild blue eyes were bright behind an especially shiny pair of steel-bowed spectacles.

beneath Occurrences 2%

The walks of woe bloom bright beneath her tread, And Nature smiles with renovated mirth? 'Tis Health!

Which preposition to use with  bright