Which preposition to use with defiances

of Occurrences 513%

They did'nt believe I had any gun, or knew how to use it, if I had; and one great Maltese, with eyes like tea-plates, and a tail like a Bologna sausage, grinned and sputtered, and spit, in derision and defiance of my threats.

to Occurrences 144%

Do what we will, every house, as long as it is new, is a standing defiance to the landscape.

at Occurrences 49%

His first social act, on catching sight of his fellow, was to howl defiance at him.

in Occurrences 40%

No longer was he lord of the wilderness about him; no longer was there defiance in the poise of his splendid head, or the flash of eager fire in his bloodshot eyes.

on Occurrences 14%

and evermore Voices leapt out to wound her, like sharp swords, With words of contumely, and mocking taunts, Scoffs at her woman's heart 'mid manhood's guise, Threats, rude defiances on every side.

with Occurrences 12%

I think it was well that I assumed that air of defiance with the man who had ground Finland beneath his heel.

from Occurrences 11%

And so base-ball clubs were organized, and the Long Heels challenged the Short Heels, and the leading journals published cards of defiance from the Knockers to the Hitters, together with labored editorials on the same.

against Occurrences 9%

While we remained at his court, the emperor and all his princes erected a standard of defiance against the church of God, the Roman empire, and all the Christian kingdoms and nations of the west, unless they should become obedient to his commands.

for Occurrences 3%

But I warn you, Grace, most solemnly that I shall watch your behaviour very closely for the future, and if I detect in you the smallest indication of the insolence and defiance for which I have inflicted this punishment upon you to-day I shall repeat the punishment fourfold.

toward Occurrences 3%

All told me the same story, but generally with more passion, sometimes with defiance; defiance toward the Government, I mean, and not toward me personally; for the better classes of Charleston are eminently courteous.

by Occurrences 3%

The African slave trade has long been excluded from the use of our flag, and if some few citizens of our country have continued to set the laws of the Union as well as those of nature and humanity at defiance by persevering in that abominable traffic, it has been only by sheltering themselves under the banners of other nations less earnest for the total extinction of the trade than ours.

into Occurrences 3%

Her white fingers clenched, her arms thrown back, her breast panting beneath the lace, her proud face looking defiance into hisno one but a prince could have braved this princess.

than Occurrences 2%

" "That is more than I look for from you, Uncle Roger," replied the hitherto hidden speaker, emerging from the window-seat, holding in her hand the fashionable and interminable novel of "Sir Charles Grandison." As she spoke, she laughed lightly, but her voice was somewhat cold and bitter, and there was in her laugh more of defiance than merriment.

under Occurrences 2%

"Shall the pleasure of the lady of this noble house not be consulted?" Piero questioned, struggling to cover his defiance under a tone of deference.

before Occurrences 2%

He stood with an unflinching defiance before the father, in whom he forgot the father and saw only the tyrant.

like Occurrences 1%

But it had one gun forward and one aft still spitting forth fury and defiance like a wild cat.

after Occurrences 1%

I met no attempt to put my authority at defiance after that.

around Occurrences 1%

Little, however, were they prepared for its extent; and when Concini, some minutes afterwards, appeared, with a sarcastic smile upon his lips, and glanced a look of defiance around him, even while he bowed right and left alike to his friends and to his enemies, every pulse quickened with anxiety.

as Occurrences 1%

She led the dauphin and his sister back into the room, and, returning to the balcony, stood before them alone, with her hands crossed and her eyes looking up to heaven, as one who expected instant death, with a firmness as far removed from defiance as from supplication.

across Occurrences 1%

A dark red, arch-necked, curly-headed animal came bellowing defiance across their feeding-grounds.

through Occurrences 1%

The wolflike, high-pitched howl of the Arab outcaststhe robber-tribe which all Islam believed guilty of having pillaged the Haram at Mecca and which had for that crime been driven to the farthest westward confines of Mohammedanismthis war-howl tore its defiance through the wash and reflux of the surf.

towards Occurrences 1%

Within a year, however, by reason of various remarks made by people in her presence, and on account of the cold disdain with which Lady Heyburn treated her afflicted father, vague suspicions were aroused within her, suspicions which gradually grew to hatred, until she clung to her father, and, as his eyes and ears, took up a position of open defiance towards her mother and her adventurous friend.

until Occurrences 1%

I have waited to repeat my defiance until such time as Count Calli's arm should mend.

unto Occurrences 1%

She would not leave my picture here behind, And bade defiance unto death itself.

Which preposition to use with  defiances