Which preposition to use with dancing

with Occurrences 698%

It was unanimously decided that the couple must be inviteda gentleman who went to balls only to dance with his wife must be encouraged in such exemplary behaviour.

in Occurrences 451%

We have also seen dancing in the spray of Niagara; dancing in the famous Bower Cave above Coulterville; and nowhere have I seen so much dancing as in Yosemite.

of Occurrences 317%

My new-found friend thereupon came to me and said: "Mr. Cody, let us have a dance of our own.

on Occurrences 221%

He threw his rifle to the beach and danced on it in an ecstasy of rage.

to Occurrences 192%

There, girls and boys were dancing to the sound of a pipe, or still smaller children were playing at marbles, or amusing themselves with the toys they had just purchased.

at Occurrences 160%

When we had music or danced at our house, we used to tell some well-known man to say "on danse chez Madame King ce soir."

for Occurrences 120%

Being in town I thought I would run down to this dance for old acquaintance' sake.

about Occurrences 118%

It was curious to see how the islands on the Lower Saranac danced about, and how the shores ran away behind while I was looking at 'em; and how the forest trees dodged, and whirled, and jumped about one another, as we tore along.

before Occurrences 118%

It is the relativity of knowledge that dances before the eye, that bewilders, eludes, evades.

around Occurrences 64%

There I lay on the floor, puffin' and blowin' like a steem ingine, while the hull army was dancin' a war dance around my prostrate figger, and the old Kernal was cuttin' down a double shuffle on the wash-stand, which made the crockery rattle.

from Occurrences 52%

"If the savages are not likely to do more than dance from now till mornin', we may as well find a shelter in which to spend the morrow, an' then I'm of the opinion that the three of us had best make tracks for Cherry Valley, as Jacob's father advised.

over Occurrences 47%

Everything that goes on, except the barn dances over east that we can't do much with so far, goes on in the church, or starts with the church, or ends at the church.

like Occurrences 43%

There was also a Mr Cricker, a very young man of whom it was said that he could dance like Nijinsky, but never would; and the rest were chiefly Foreign Office clerks (like Mitchell and Bruce), more barristers and their wives, a soldier or two, some undergraduates, a lady photographer, a few pretty girls, and vague people.

by Occurrences 36%

Aha! then did I lead them a right merry dance by moor and moss, by briar and bog, and contrived to slay of them five in all.

of Occurrences 33%

Nell Gwynne and Moll Davis were noted for the dancing of Jigs.

through Occurrences 30%

She danced through the set with smiling enjoyment, prompting her partner, who knew only modern dances.

in Occurrences 27%

Those streamers of pale light dancing in the North; they would be green and scarlet and orange and purple, and the terrible white world would be illumined as by conflagration.

into Occurrences 22%

She was like the springtime which came dancing into the mountains which softened them and brightened themand laughed and passed on and away.

among Occurrences 19%

I have been dancing among some of my Friends.

without Occurrences 18%

Drake, not lulled into security, ranged his men in order of battle, and waited their approach, who, coming nearer, stood still, while the sceptre-bearer made an oration, at the conclusion of which they again came forward to the foot of the hill, and then the sceptre-bearer began a song, which he accompanied with a dance, in both which the men joined, but the women danced without singing.

as Occurrences 18%

Dance as the dancing skies Over him, where he lies Happy beneath the sun!...

after Occurrences 18%

Is he going to dance with you again?" "I promised him the third dance after this.

along Occurrences 17%

She dances along the footpath in a direction opposite that taken by the man.

under Occurrences 16%

"Bring home some more winter-green, I want things to be real nice, and we haven't enough for the kitchen," said Ruth, dimpling with girlish delight as she imagined herself dancing under the green garlands in her grandmother's wedding gown.

across Occurrences 16%

" Dull, gray wisps of murk, the afterguard of the gaseous cloud, were twisting and spiraling in a witch-dance across the landscape, and, seen by snatches and glimpses through it, something flapped darkly in the breeze.

Which preposition to use with  dancing