Which preposition to use with den

of Occurrences 198%

He found, even in the prisons of his own humane and enlightened country, an accumulation of the most hideous abuses: he found them not nurseries of penitence and amendment, but schools of vice and impiety; or dens of filth, famine, and disease: not the seats of just and salutary correction and punishment, but the strong holds of cruelty and extortion.

in Occurrences 40%

Thereupon he had been put to the horn, and was now lying hid in a den in the mosses of Douglas Water.

at Occurrences 18%

During that time, in his den at the Elysée, Bonaparte was working.

on Occurrences 14%

Your minions have incarcerated me in this vile den on a pretence that I owe a debt which I have not paid.

with Occurrences 13%

They will permit a person to approach quite near, but when they have viewed him closely, they dive into their dens with wonderful quickness.

for Occurrences 13%

The snow had come earlier than usual, and this old bear hadn't got into his den for his winter's sleep.

to Occurrences 8%

Would I had broken thy neck, or thou, mineand so, God den to ye, forester!"

under Occurrences 6%

Instantly there was a scratching, scurrying, whining, and three cubs tumbled out of the dark hole in the rocks, with fuzzy yellow fur and bright eyes and sharp ears and noses, like collies, all blinking and wondering and suddenly silent at the big bright world which they had never seen before, so different from the dark den under the rocks.

by Occurrences 5%

Wolves, like cats and foxes, and indeed like most wild male animals, have an atrocious way of killing their own young when they find them unprotected; so the mother animal searches out a den by herself and rarely allows the male to come near it.

as Occurrences 5%

Is it not odd, by the way, that a country so long Mad-rid-den as Spain, should have now a governor with such a name as PRIM?

about Occurrences 3%

I used to yelp near his Den about midnight, which was his time of rouzing and seeking after his Prey.

among Occurrences 3%

And once, when the hunger within was more nipping than the eager cold without, one of the cubs found a bear sleeping in his winter den among the rocks.

beneath Occurrences 3%

It was while the greater number of their school-fellows were gathered in numerous little groups, whiling away the free time before preparation discussing the various rumours that were current respecting Mr. Grice's encounters with Oaks and Allingford, that the same five conspirators assembled for another secret "confab" in the den beneath the pavilion.

without Occurrences 3%

The lions did not move, and he was able to leave their den without a scratch and return the lady her missing glove.

from Occurrences 2%

It went into the fogs of the fetid dens from which the coarser light was barred, into the deepest mires where a human soul could wallow, and made them clear.

during Occurrences 2%

On the 5th December, having crept out from the den during a southern storm, I had, for the third time, a distant whiff of that self-same odour of peach-blossom: but now without any after-effects.

into Occurrences 2%

and Jack in surprise rushed from his den into the arena.

between Occurrences 1%

The joists and floor boards were eaten away by the ants, and in one hole six or seven inches long this rat had entrance to his den between the floor and the ceiling of the room below.

behind Occurrences 1%

The little den behind the drawing-room had but one occupant besides the rear-end brakeman-a tall, saturnine man in a gray grass-cloth duster who was smoking a Porto Rican stogie.

than Occurrences 1%

Except in the well-kept palaces of the great, houses in Italy are more like dens than habitations, and a sight of them is a sufficient reason to the mind of any inquirer, why their vivacious and handsome inhabitants spend their life principally in the open air.

thru Occurrences 1%

She jes come thru de hen house door en hit was locked en den thru de pantry door and hit was locked en I jes called her daughter and I knowed I seed her, sho, I did, it who was Miss Annie.

before Occurrences 1%

One winter storm after another came in quick succession, but we did not mind the delay, for we had come early and did not expect the bears would leave their dens before April.

amidst Occurrences 1%

he sees Daniel in the sealed den amidst his terrible companions.

upfor Occurrences 1%

If he lived until autumn he would den upfor the last time.

above Occurrences 1%

I should judge that the dens above mentioned were extended about eight feet horizontally into the earth, five feet in height and as many wide.

Which preposition to use with  den