Which preposition to use with costume

of Occurrences 312%

The women didn't skate as well then as they do now, but they looked very pretty in their costumes of velvet and sables.

for Occurrences 57%

We found our baggage, and it was a pleasant thing to change our long beards for shaved faces, and our forest costume for the garniture of the outer man after the fashion of civilization.

in Occurrences 47%

Patsy had invited Hetty Hewitt, in whom she was now greatly interested, to dine with them, and to the astonishment of all the artist walked over to the farm arrayed in a new gown, having discarded the disreputable costume in which she had formerly appeared.

with Occurrences 13%

The night of the dance Johnnie adjusted her costume with the nice skill and care which seem native to so many of the daughters of America.

as Occurrences 11%

There was an attendant near by, costumed as a priest, whose duty was to see that travelers by that road did their homage to the image of the human god who ruled the Roman world.

by Occurrences 10%

Ann had added to his costume by the loan of her blue hair-ribbon which she had tied in a nice bow on the tip of his tail.

on Occurrences 10%

The sight must have been a strange one, the costumes on these occasions being, to say the least of it, scanty!

at Occurrences 9%

M. Doré has depicted a few natives in these costumes at their devotions in the ancient church that stood beside the route; but no one is likely to do so again, as the edificewhen we passed itwas falling into ruins and looked in a deplorable condition, the finely-sculptured doorway being partly hidden by the fallen débris.

throughout Occurrences 4%

Costume throughout the ages.

to Occurrences 4%

They more and more discarded Roman fashions, and assumed similar costumes to those made in France at the same period.

during Occurrences 4%

It had become her custom to dress them up in the afternoons and keep them appareled in their brightest costumes during the rest of the day; therefore now the weary children, after being bathed, were again dressed in their best and brought out for inspection and a light supper before retiring.

like Occurrences 3%

He thinks I might be emboldened in a striking costume like this.

out Occurrences 3%

At night, so the lieutenant said, those men who were off duty rummaged the costumes out of the dressing rooms, put them on, and gave mock plays, with music.

from Occurrences 3%

The reader will at once perceive what a feast is afforded to the young mind in these object lessons; the objects are accurately copied from nature, and the costumes from the best sources, so that the infant mind is expanded by viewing a proper representation of the real thing through the fit organ, the eye.

among Occurrences 3%

How show myself in such a costume among elegant females?

over Occurrences 2%

He slipped the next costume over her head without mussing a single beloved blonde hair.

without Occurrences 1%

Her dress was an exemplification of how much splendor may be lavished on a morning-costume without rendering it absolutely and ridiculously inappropriate.

after Occurrences 1%

Josie Fifer could recall the scenes in a play, step by step from noting with her keen eye the marks left on costume after costume by the ravages of emotion.

along Occurrences 1%

We didn't bring no change o' costume along, an' I could tell you now, within ten feet, where every one o' the lads is posted.

amid Occurrences 1%

IDYLL, a poem in celebration of everyday life or life in everyday costume amid natural, often pastoral and even romantic, and at times tragic surroundings.

amongst Occurrences 1%

It pleased Catharine II., in after-days, to say of Peter, that "he introduced European manners and European costumes amongst a European people"; but this was only a piece of flattery to her subjects, whom she did so much to Europeanize by making them believe that they were of Europe, and were destined to rule that continent.

before Occurrences 1%

Costume before the Sixteenth Century.

beneath Occurrences 1%

Mr. Fink-Nottle contrived to extricate himself from the coat, and it would seem that his appearance in the masquerade costume beneath it came as something of a shock to the cabman.

between Occurrences 1%

Entertainments dovetail till there is barely time for change of costume between acts.

into Occurrences 1%

The Chorus thus exercises a purifying influence on tragic poetry, insomuch as it keeps reflection apart from the incidents, and by this separation arms it with a poetical vigor; as the painter, by means of a rich drapery, changes the ordinary poverty of costume into a charm and an ornament.

Which preposition to use with  costume