Which preposition to use with cheer

for Occurrences 168%

Now that's w'at I calls right proper and handsome conduct, or the devil's a preacher, and I ventures with all respect to propose three cheers for Mr. Eagen.

of Occurrences 106%

Once more came the cheers of encouragement, as the liner, now some distance ahead, put off a heavy launch.

from Occurrences 73%

But he would take no denial, and soon won cheers from the audience.

on Occurrences 45%

He 'low dere'll be trubble, but he tells us ter be of good cheer on account of hevin' him ter git de victry fer us, an' ef we keep singin' all de time, dere ain't no time fer sighs.

with Occurrences 45%

There were no meadows now to cheer with their brave colors, nor could I hear the dun-headed sparrows, whose cheery notes so often relieve the silence of our highest mountains.

to Occurrences 42%

XI IN THE COACH HOUSE All things that we ordained festival Turn from their office to black funeral; Our instruments to melancholy bells; Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast; And all things change them to the contrary.

in Occurrences 35%

Loud cheers in the trees back of the rebels, far to the southeast, perhaps a mile and a half; then the flaunting Palmetto flag flying forward in the center of deep masses of gray.

at Occurrences 25%

" Then the commander, most likely in order to set his men an example of coolness, rather than because he needed the fumes of tobacco, quietly lighted his pipe, and, seeing this, our people cheered at the same time they shot down every feather-bedecked form that was exposed to view.

as Occurrences 12%

take him to your heart, And cheer as only woman can Our beardless BONAPARTE; For ere another sun shall set, Those lips cannot be kissed; And through the grove and in the court

by Occurrences 12%

My weakness and my sins, and reckon all The vain expense of days that disappear: This cheers by making, ere I die, more clear The frailty of what men delight miscall; But saddens me to think how rarely fall God's grace and mercies in life's latest year.

after Occurrences 9%

Fernando saw Robert Livingston standing in the stern waving his handkerchief at the crowd which was now sending up cheer after cheer.

into Occurrences 5%

Then the door was thrown open and down the narrow stairs they trooped, through the crowded lobby where friends hemmed them about, patting the broad backs, shouting words of cheer into their ears, and delaying them in their passage.

like Occurrences 5%

Everyone knew who we were and where we were going, and at every station where the trains stopped there were official welcomes and immense crowds cheering like mad.

than Occurrences 4%

The kindness of this offering was highly estimated by the settlers; for they well knew that their Indian friends had long been suffering privations little less than what they had themselves endured, and that their prospects for the future were hardly more cheering than their own.

without Occurrences 3%

"] Although, when luxuries must be resigned, Such as cigars or even breakfast bacon, My hitherto "unconquerable mind" Its philosophic pose has not forsaken, By one impending sacrifice I find My stock of fortitude severely shaken I mean the dismal prospect of our losing The genial cup that cheers without bemusing.

over Occurrences 3%

Nearer and nearer it comes,nearer and nearer; and in half an hour there is great cheering over the island of Rügen, for peace between Prussia and France is declared.

under Occurrences 2%

His insinuation is the inviting of men to his house; and he thinks it a great modesty to comprehend his cheer under a piece of mutton and a rabbit.

behind Occurrences 2%

It was at that moment that we heard a roar of cheering behind us, and saw the whole British army flood over the crest of the ridge, and come pouring down upon the remains of their enemies.

up Occurrences 2%

He had spent his nervous energy cheering up Arizona, until the latter was filled with a reckless, careless courage.

along Occurrences 2%

Imperial Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg drove to the castle to congratulate the Emperor on the victory and was enthusiastically cheered along the way.

about Occurrences 2%

There was even a feeling of restful Sabbath-cheer about the old inn, where, at last, entering with much awe the village where Alice nightly sleptclothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, Narcissus provided for the demands of romance by a hearty country breakfast.

toward Occurrences 1%

So now the game begins, here's some cheer toward; I must be skinker then: let me alone; They all shall want, ere Robin shall have none.

unto Occurrences 1%

And oft in those weary days in the Darkness, did I make gentle whisperings through the blackness, unto Mine Own, that I give cheer unto her; and she alway to answer, very sweet and loving; yet ever husht, as I did be; and in verity, it did be as that we could not set our voices loud upon that Mighty Slope, lest some enchantment come upon us, as it might be said.

against Occurrences 1%

Here, take my purse, and bid my wife provide Good cheer against to-morrow; there will be Two or three strangers of my late acquaintance.

during Occurrences 1%

Had it not been for his wife's cheer during those final hours young Mitchell surely would have weakened before it came time to leave on the following day.

Which preposition to use with  cheer