Which preposition to use with cove

of Occurrences 36%

A woman, wrapped in a greatcoat of "baby" pelts and an almost undistinguishable dog in the cove of her arm, walked out from the Hotel Metropolis across the sidewalk and into a taxicab.

in Occurrences 25%

Not being satisfied to land the horses on a shore devoid of water, I determined to attempt a landing in a small sandy cove in the high rocky shore on the west of the bay, which we had been afraid to enter during the gale on the 12th.

on Occurrences 16%

At length I spied a little cove on the right shore of the creek, to which, with great pain and difficulty, I guided my raft, and at last got so near, that reaching ground with my oar, I could thrust her directly in.

at Occurrences 13%

" A merry party they were; and the salt water was rapidly drying from the garments of the colored oars-man, as he pulled strongly and skilfully out into the bay, and around toward a deep cove at the north of the inlet mouth.

for Occurrences 11%

As to the second point, I, finding the sun unexpectedly strong, returned from the cove for my hat, and so overheard the following between Thrackles and his leader: "What's to keep him from staying aboard?" cried Thrackles, protesting.

with Occurrences 9%

We made ourselves at home at the only good anchorage in a small cove with high crags on two sides and a ravine running off toward the east.

from Occurrences 7%

I found that a good anchorage existed, with three fathoms at low water, one mile off the little cove from which the ship had been watered, and is approachable at all times, except in strong east or south-east gales, when a heavy swell sets in across the bay, rendering a landing unsafe.

to Occurrences 7%

And then we had fully half the stores to put away again, and the other half to transport painfully over the neck of land from the cove to the beach.

between Occurrences 5%

"She took it, pointed to a little sheltered cove between two outstanding ledges of rock, and said, "'This is boatie's home,see if you can guide her safely in.'

near Occurrences 3%

After an easy walk of about two hours, passing through the olive groves, and along the bottom of the hill on which Xerxes sat to view the battle, we came opposite to a little cove near the ferry, and made a signal to the ship for a boat.

before Occurrences 2%

She ought to be in the cove before night sets in, since the ice has found its way into the bay.

above Occurrences 2%

Gadabout did not take the trouble to run back into her creek harbour; but put down a heavier anchor and made herself comfortable for the night in the cove above the Brandon pier.

after Occurrences 2%

Meditation seems to belong to sailing rather than rowing; there is something so gentle and unintrusive in gliding effortless beneath overhanging branches and along the trailing edges of clematis thickets;what a privilege of fairy-land is this noiseless prow, looking in and out of one flowery cove after another, scarcely stirring the turtle from his log, and leaving no wake behind!

into Occurrences 2%

In fact, it seemed almost too good to be true, this quiet domestic cove into which our marital bark had drifted.

by Occurrences 2%

we took to our boat, and arrived on board the Dolphin by 10, when she was very soon got underweigh for the purpose of taking her closer in to ship the horses; light and variable winds, however, prevented our working more than a mile nearer the landing cove by sundown, when we dropped anchor for the night.

until Occurrences 1%

The heads of Port Jackson were seen at daylight on the 1st of September; but being to leeward of the port, the ship did not anchor in Sydney Cove until the 3rd, after a passage from Cork of twenty-two weeks, including the fortnight that was passed at Rio.

beside Occurrences 1%

We needed this man's boat for our expedition, and we found it drawn into a little cove beside the ruined mill, long since abandoned.

below Occurrences 1%

Reaching the little cove below the steamboat pier, Gadabout ran close in and cast anchor.

among Occurrences 1%

But in little lateral valleys and coves among the mountains, sheltered from the sun, and watered by springs or running streams, there are many plantations of sugar-cane, maize, rice, and other standard products of the tropics, of unsurpassed luxuriance.

against Occurrences 1%

As for the Peak, it was not deemed necessary to do more than improve a little upon nature; the colony being now too numerous to suppose that it could not defend the cove against any enemy likely to land there, should the entrance of that secret haven be detected.

opposite Occurrences 1%

Once when Gadabout ran around to the river front, she found a yacht from Philadelphia at the pier; and so passed on a little way and cast anchor in a cove opposite the garden.

through Occurrences 1%

" "I am afraid you will find the drawbacks, though, in spite of your eagerness to escape them," said Mr. Selincourt, who had been quietly examining Seal Cove through a glass.

across Occurrences 1%

The shore was found to be generally very sandy, a low flat valley extending from the head of the cove across the isthmus about two miles to Mermaid Strait, where it terminated in a muddy mangrove creek.

under Occurrences 1%

The boatman, a big, husky fellow, had been rowing a long hour when we put into a cove under the high shore of an island.

Which preposition to use with  cove