Which preposition to use with curbed

in Occurrences 15%

But in view of the fact that he made no overtures to a passing hansom, which swerved in to the curb in response to a signal of Lanyard's cane, this last concluded that the prince was up to his reputedly favourite game of waylaying his rebel wife.

on Occurrences 10%

Try to put a curb on your tongue, and let your reflections mature in your busy brain.

of Occurrences 9%

How you were right in telling me that I idealise the people, and that they are as corrupt as the great world, and, moreover, without the curb of culture.

with Occurrences 8%

" Buckheath glanced angrily and contemptuously into the stupid, fatuous countenance above him; he appeared to curb with some difficulty the disposition to retort in kind.

for Occurrences 8%

It was, of course, Captain Rust, who had waited palpitating upon the curb for some three-quarters of an hour.

to Occurrences 4%

His followers were crestfallen, for they had been led to expect his speedy entry into Mecca, and they were disappointed too because their warlike desires had been curbed to stifling point.

before Occurrences 3%

One sunny morning, while Wilbur on River Street weighed the possible attractions of the livery-stable office against the immediate certainty of some pleasant hours with Rufus Paulding, off to the depot to get a load of express packages for people, Sharon in his sagging buggy pulled up to the curb before him and told him to jump in if he wanted a ride.

beside Occurrences 2%

On this especial morning the detective was nearly a block in the rear, with the snow driving furiously into his face, when an automobile suddenly rolled up to the curb beside him and two men leaped out and pinioned Fogerty in their arms.

at Occurrences 2%

Yet how often are drivers seen tearing up to the curb at twenty miles an hour or more to slam on the brakes at the last instant with a violence that nearly causes the car to turn a somersault, bringing it to a standstill in twenty feet, when there was no earthly reason why they should not have used four times that distance.

like Occurrences 2%

But appearances are deceptiveIndian nature will not take the curb like Anglo-Saxonand a glance over Verty's shoulders will reveal the species of occupation which he became engaged in after finishing ten lines of the law paper.

against Occurrences 1%

Even the end of my barrow faded away into spectral uncertainty, and the curb against which I kept my left wheel grinding looked thin and remote.

within Occurrences 1%

From such exhibitions of matrimonial discord, Grace shrank timidly into the retirement of her room, and Jane, with dignity, would follow her example; while John at times became a listener, with a spirit barely curbed within the bounds of prudence, and at others, he sought in the company of his wife and sister, relief from the violence of his feelings.

beneath Occurrences 1%

When I scratched against the sides of the curb beneath them like some animal trying to climb up, their voices instantly hushed; the instinct of fear promptly overcame the instinct of hunger!

between Occurrences 1%

"If you take your reins in one hand," he says, "an easy way is to hold the snaffle on your ring finger, and the left curb outside the little finger, with the right curb between the middle and fore fingers.

during Occurrences 1%

For now burst forth that old whirlwind of anarchy and bigotry and selfishness and terror which Henry had curbed during twenty years.

from Occurrences 1%

A being, whose passions have never been curbed from infancy, and whose only notion of what he conceives to be his right is to retaliate for an offence with blood, must naturally form a cruel and vindictive character.

into Occurrences 1%

Light leaped out and streaked the sidewalks while at each corner it ran silently down from high globes like full moons and spattered over the curb into the gutter and out as far as the glistening car tracks.

outside Occurrences 1%

"If you take your reins in one hand," he says, "an easy way is to hold the snaffle on your ring finger, and the left curb outside the little finger, with the right curb between the middle and fore fingers.

than Occurrences 1%

No way better to curb than superstition, to terrify men's consciences, and to keep them in awe: they make new laws, statutes, invent new religions, ceremonies, as so many stalking horses, to their ends.

unto Occurrences 1%

Voluntary, the third, or intellective, which commands the other two in men, and is a curb unto them, or at least should be, but for the most part is captivated and overruled by them; and men are led like beasts by sense, giving reins to their concupiscence and several lusts.

up Occurrences 1%

I tried to find out all I could, but none of the firms on Wall Street had ever heard of any of themexcepting of one that was traded in on the curb up to within a few weeks.

Which preposition to use with  curbed