Which preposition to use with combative

at Occurrences 2%

There is a certain attitude, combative at once and deferential, eager to fight yet most averse to quarrel, which marks out at once the talkable man.

in Occurrences 2%

To work like Defoe's True-Born Englishman (1701) and Hymn to the Pillory (1703), combative in spirit and free in style, they gave only guarded and temporary approval.

than Occurrences 1%

There never was a religion which was more combative than Christianity.

Which preposition to use with  combative