Which preposition to use with derision

of Occurrences 52%

Nobody had followed him, or nothing would have induced him to risk the derision of the camp.

at Occurrences 9%

Sometimes one would pause to point me out to his comrades with a shout of derision at my miserable plight, or if by a change of posture I got outside the protection of my wall, would kick me back with a coarse injunction to keep out of the way.

from Occurrences 6%

Out of the distance a faint answering howl of derision from some enemy, advancing or at bay.

for Occurrences 6%

Lincoln: If you send me, the South will have little but derision for your choice.

on Occurrences 5%

And all they got for their pains was scorn and derision on the part of the girls.

to Occurrences 4%

As a soldier at sea is never anything but an object of derision to sailors, correspondingly the mere idea of a sailor on horseback causes the utmost merriment among soldiers.

in Occurrences 4%

There is something, to my mind, too solemn for derision in the idea of communing with the spirits of the departed, or that the time is approaching when living men and the souls of the physically dead, are to meet, as it were, face to face, and know each other as they are.

than Occurrences 2%

"Dost thou confess the crime?" Jacopo smiled, but more in derision than with any other feeling.

with Occurrences 2%

If anything, at this day, is more incredible than the feat which he accomplished, it is the derision with which the public viewed his labors, decried his success, and sneered at the rags which betokened the honesty of his poverty.

by Occurrences 2%

The announcement was received with a yell of derision by connoisseurs and baffled speculators in tea.

before Occurrences 2%

The wretched topasses had their noses cut off, five European heads were stuck up in derision before the factory, while Midford and Hill were alternately cajoled and threatened to induce them to take service with the Rajah.

like Occurrences 1%

The idea that the thirteen colonies could ever overcome their mutual jealousies so far as to unite in a single political body, was received at that time in England with a derision like that which a proposal for a permanent federation of European States would excite in many minds to-day.

against Occurrences 1%

Among the miscellaneous crowds that were visible between the divisions of the martial host, there ran a murmur of obloquy and derision against the pure object of public veneration.

among Occurrences 1%

" If Black Spaniels are not quite so popular at present as they were some years ago, the fault lies with those breeders, exhibitors, and judges (the latter being most to blame) who encouraged the absurd craze for excessive length of body and shortness of leg which not very long ago threatened to transform the whole breed into a race of cripples, and to bring it into contempt and derision among all practical men.

above Occurrences 1%

This is derision above sufferance, villany Plotted and set against me.

outside Occurrences 1%

A fruit-woman took possession of the queen's bed, as a stall to range her cherries on, saying that to-day it was the turn of the nation; and a picture of the king was torn down from the walls, and, after being stuck up in derision outside the gates for some time, was offered for sale to the highest bidder.

over Occurrences 1%

She smiled in clear self-derision over her contemplated project of saving him from Paula.

round Occurrences 1%

He is thus carried in derision round the village, attended by the hootings, scoffs, and hisses of his numerous attendants, who pull down his legs, so as to render his seat in other respects abundantly uneasy.

under Occurrences 1%

You are to understand that I am one of those innocent Mortals who suffer Derision under that Word for being governed by the best of Wives.

Which preposition to use with  derision