Which preposition to use with destine

for Occurrences 271%

That very evening it came along, and the beer that was destined for the soldiers at Camp Evans never reached its destination.

to Occurrences 147%

I was his only son, and according to the usage of our country, was destined to the same holy calling.

in Occurrences 22%

About a hundred yards distant, in the direction of the river, was a long, pleasantly shaded green strip of turf, destined in time for a sidewalk.

at Occurrences 8%

JOSEPH DEHARBE The bonds so often and so painfully knit between the Eastern and Western churches were destined at last to be completely torn asunder, and the truth of our Lord's words, "Who is not for Me, is against Me," was again to be proved.

as Occurrences 7%

Dr. Brocklesby wrote to Burke, on July 2, 1788, to make him 'an instant present of £1000, which,' he continues, 'for years past, by will, I had destined as a testimony of my regard on my decease.'

from Occurrences 6%

To the palace I went, was graciously received by Fabiani and Francesca, who brought me their little daughter Flaminia, the "little abbess," as she was called, having been destined from her birth for the life of a nun.

before Occurrences 5%

He never again revisited his new dominions, where many of the lessons inculcated by himincluding possibly the delights of eating craneswere destined before long to be forgotten.

within Occurrences 3%

In July he was joined at Allahabad by a column under General Havelock, who was destined within a few weeks to win a lasting name in history.

under Occurrences 2%

In America we have to remember that we are dealing with a huge population of people who are for the most part, and more and more evidently destined under the present system of free industrial competition, to be either very small traders, small farmers on the verge of debt, or wages-earners for all their lives.

on Occurrences 1%

There were two Persian ambassadors in the audience- chamber, one of whom was destined on a mission into Russia.

against Occurrences 1%

If it were destined against Spain, their consciences would compel them to decline the [Sidenote a: A.D. 1657.

through Occurrences 1%

In encouraging the vengeance of her new friend, Marie was well aware that she was committing an imprudence from which the more far-seeing Florentine would have dissuaded her; and thus, with that impetuosity which was destined through life to be her scourge, she resolved only to consult her own feelings.

throughout Occurrences 1%

Worthless as he was individually, Gaston was destined throughout his whole career to serve as a rallying-point for the ambition of all the princes and nobles who sought to aggrandize themselves and their families; while, as presumptive heir to the French throne, he was welcomed by the Duc de Lorraine with every demonstration of respect and regard.

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They shuddered with dire foreboding at thought of him, and each one felt himself the centre of accusing eyes, and looked accusingly upon his fellowseach one and all, save Sime, and Sime was a scoffer whose evil end was destined with a certitude his successes could not shake.

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