Which preposition to use with brute

of Occurrences 45%

The brutes of the swamp and the field, who gathered round them and listened, found nothing new or unfamiliar in the message of the poets.

in Occurrences 32%

Do not tell me that I have nothing in me but the likeness of the old Adam, for that seems to me and to St. Paul nothing but the likeness of the fallen savage and the brute in human form.

to Occurrences 16%

"Doctor, I've been a brute to you.

like Occurrences 14%

One gained nothing by arguing with a brute like Cartwright, and since Mrs. Cartwright's infatuation for her husband could not be disturbed Hyslop knew he must acquiesce.

with Occurrences 11%

Sober, he was a sulky, domineering brute with the instincts of a bully.

for Occurrences 9%

You see, though I admire the brute for his cleverness, I did not see that his being unpunished could possibly benefit any one.

on Occurrences 8%

Sometimes, indeed, I had been almost tempted to think the jury must have been rightthat I must have struck the brute on the back of the head without realizing in my anger what I was doing.

than Occurrences 7%

"Because I was more of a brute than a brotherbecause Cuthbert Road drew me in spite of myselfbecause" He stopped with the first hint of emotion we had seen in him since the morning.

by Occurrences 6%

And it did go under the tree in which I was hid; and in that moment when it past under the tree, the seven Humped Men did leap out of the branches, and did catch to the brute by the great horns of the spine; and I saw that the wounds were in the joints of the spine, as was plain when the back did work, with the going of the creature.

without Occurrences 6%

Better indeed had we been as brutes without its use, than we are, if so worse than brutishly we abuse it.

into Occurrences 5%

While the rest lay in hiding the old he-wolf approached warily and scratched Mooween out of his den, and then ran away to entice the big brute into the open ground, where the pack rolled in upon him and killed him in a terrible fight before he had fairly shaken the sleep out of his eyes.

from Occurrences 5%

Its very language is that of the half-brute from which it is well named.

at Occurrences 4%

I cannot say that I grasped these various details of the brute at the time.

about Occurrences 4%

Some have held that such as he are not humanonly animals a little more sagacious than the brutes about us.

as Occurrences 3%

In Brute he shone unequalled: all agree Garrick's not half so great a brute as he.

after Occurrences 2%

I kickt with my metal boots, and gave from them, and turned all ways in a moment, and wrenched free; and I leaped back; and the herd of horrid brutes after me.

out Occurrences 2%

Again and again the stag would charge, growing more furious at every failure; and every time the wolf leaped aside he left a terrible gash in his enemy's neck or side, punishing him cruelly for his bullying attack, yet strangely refusing to kill, as he might have done, or to close on the hamstring with one swift snap that would have put the big brute out of the fight forever.

among Occurrences 2%

A remedy Without physician, gold, or sorcery: Away forthwith, and to the fields repair; Begin to delve, to cultivate the ground; Thy senses and thyself confine Within the very narrowest round; Support thyself upon the simplest fare; Live like a very brute the brutes among; Neither esteem it robbery The acre thou dost reap, thyself to dung.

within Occurrences 2%

I'll explain all that has happened presently, but first I am going to lick that black brute within an inch of his life.

behind Occurrences 1%

So Eleemos would get down from his warm rock and slip away, stopping to look back and listen jauntily to the clumsy brute behind him, till he ran plump into the jaws of the other wolf that was watching alert and silent beside the runway.

beneath Occurrences 1%

So from his gorgeous throne, which awed the world, The mighty Monarch of the east was hurl'd, To dwell with brutes beneath the midnight storm, By Heaven's just vengeance changed in mind and form.

over Occurrences 1%

He'll beat the poor brute over the head instead and curse his luck when he breaks down.

below Occurrences 1%

Dumbness sets the brute below the man: Silence elevates the man above the brute.

around Occurrences 1%

Sunk in despondency and vice, he was little above the brutes around him.

toward Occurrences 1%

With all his strength, Harold drew the fierce brute toward him, circling his neck tightly with his left arm, and pressed the sharp blade against his throat.

Which preposition to use with  brute