Which preposition to use with dreaded

of Occurrences 913%

In some places it would be difficult to penetrate more than a mile in the day; during which time the traveller would be perpetually tormented by noxious insects, and in constant dread of beasts of prey.

in Occurrences 32%

It shows us exactly what it is we have to dread in "militarism."

from Occurrences 29%

They had little to dread from any hostile assaults of the rival faction; for the city was strongly fortified on all sides except to the river; but on that side it was secure, after the Tower was built.

to Occurrences 27%

The mind, no doubt, fears the unseen approach of detection or danger, and transmits this dread to the eye, which likes to command a wide view all around.

as Occurrences 24%

The hint she gave him that he was a coward, by saying she would eat all he had killed, he did not regard, knowing himself to be a brave man: but there is nothing that great wits so much dread as the imputation of buffoonery, because the charge comes sometimes a little too near the truth; therefore Benedick perfectly hated Beatrice, when she called him "the prince's jester.

at Occurrences 22%

There were three bishops whose intrigues King Stephen had especially to dread at the time when an open war for the succession of Matilda was on the point of bursting forth.

than Occurrences 22%

But in flight, with fear as a garment that can not be laid aside, the somber forms of the forest are more terrible than an army with banners, as a haunted house is a more unnerving dread than burglars or any form of night marauders.

for Occurrences 17%

In her almost tormented anxiety to destroy Germany we see her dread for the futuremore indeed than mere hatred.

on Occurrences 11%

" Joanna came in to announce the arrival of a visitor whom Evadne had already learned to dread on account of her continual depression.

with Occurrences 9%

Up to the time Pap gave him definite information from headquarters, he had never for an instant supposed that there was a possibility of Stoddard desiring to marry Johnnie; but the flurried eagerness of Miss Sessions convinced him that such a possibility was a very present dread with her, and he sent a venomous glance after the disappearing horseman.

above Occurrences 8%

I dreaded above all things the bitterness of desolation on my return here; and behold the Lord made His presence so manifest that I am now, as in times past, rejoicing in His unmerited love.

than Occurrences 7%

Lebrun had never been seen to lift his hand, but he was more dreaded than a rattler.

of Occurrences 7%

In that year the ablest and most dreaded of England's enemies in Africa was the Dutch General, Louis Botha, leader of the fiercest and most irreconcilable Boers, who still waged a hopeless guerrilla warfare against all the might of the British Empire.

lest Occurrences 5%

The report that the King of the Romans intended to pay a visit to England gave alarm to the ruling barons, who dreaded lest the extensive influence and established authority of that prince would be employed to restore the prerogatives of his family, and overturn their plan of government

by Occurrences 5%

No one who listened could fail to share the dread by which she was moved.

through Occurrences 5%

Something in his words sent a curious feeling that was almost dread through her heart.

into Occurrences 5%

Thus, not a soul is in the way, and this is enjoined that they may strike a dread into the people, and be held in veneration; and the people are not allowed to see them often, lest they should grow so familiar as to speak to them..

beyond Occurrences 3%

When he dreads beyond all reason, he will behave beyond all reason.

as Occurrences 3%

For the perpendicular rays of the sun in the Tropics are not so much dreaded as the horizontal ones, which strike on the forehead, or, still more dangerous, on the back of the head; and in the West Indies, as in the United States, the early morning and the latter part of the afternoon are the times for sunstrokes.

by Occurrences 2%

This kind of punishment poisons the flesh much worse than the whip, and is more dreaded by the slave.

without Occurrences 2%

It was awe without amazement, dread without distraction.

over Occurrences 2%

The fanaticism of Troubleton had already flown far and cast a vague shadow of dread over a large community.

among Occurrences 1%

One of the most dreaded among them was a Frenchman, a native of Sables d'Olonne, hence called l'Olonais.

from Occurrences 1%

No persuasion could induce her to come out of the water; she swam about, diving in all the places most dreaded from being a resort of ferocious reptiles, seeking to die with her husband; at last her friends came down and forcibly removed her to their house.

near Occurrences 1%

The appearances were favorable for deep water close in; but there is always the danger of rocks to be dreaded near mountainous coasts.

Which preposition to use with  dreaded