Which preposition to use with detested

in Occurrences 15%

The Inquisition, at least, did not proceed against the Jews, but against the Judaizers; that is, against those who, after being converted to Christianity, relapsed into their errors, and added sacrilege to their apostasy by the external profession of a creed which they detested in secret, and which they profaned by the exercise of their old religion.

as Occurrences 6%

To Roumania and Greece, another non-Slavic State, i.e., Albania, has been added; and in no part of the peninsula is Russia so detested as in Bulgaria which unreasonably protests that Russia betrayed her.

for Occurrences 6%

But that reminds me of a Beautiful Tale: Deacon K lacked the confidence of the inhabitants of M. He was most sincerely detested for his hypocrisy and double-dealing, and so very unpopular, that a few wags conceived the idea of drawing up a paper requesting him to leave town.

with Occurrences 5%

I hope we shall unite in defeating any attempts that may impair the rights which every Briton boasts as his birthright, and reject a law which will be equally dreaded and detested with the inquisition of Spain.

than Occurrences 4%

p. 418) says that 'he was more detested than any man alive, as a shameless political sharper, a domestic bashaw, and an intolerable tyrant over his tenants and dependants.'

of Occurrences 2%

No wonder that the learned scholar of Socrates saw nothing, knew nothing of the city, most glorious and most detested of all the cities of the earth.

at Occurrences 2%

The sick man ought to detest at this moment all the larcenies, the injustice of which he has been guilty, all the liberties, more or less criminal, which he has allowed himself.

from Occurrences 1%

England he detested from first to last, and could see no good in her institutions, whether social, political, or religious.

waitingfor Occurrences 1%

I detest waitingfor trains or anything else.

before Occurrences 1%

So Elbow:"My wife, Sir, whom I detest before heaven and your honour," &c. (M. for M., II. 1).

Which preposition to use with  detested