Which preposition to use with dying

in Occurrences 3892%

It was evident, I reflected as I went toward the tent, that the inhabitants of these few huts in the wilderness did not know a word of English; and when I told Tonnison, he remarked that he was aware of the fact, and, more, that it was not at all uncommon in that part of the country, where the people often lived and died in their isolated hamlets without ever coming in contact with the outside world.

of Occurrences 1764%

Some said that Sisyphus had done his job of porterage long enough; Tantalus would be dying of thirst, if he were not relieved; the drag must be put at last on wretched Ixion's wheel.

at Occurrences 1099%

It was he who told me of old Prince Gortschakoff's famous phrase when he heard of Thiers's death(he died at St. Germain in 1877)"Encore une lumiere eteinte quand

on Occurrences 813%

Petrarch's death occurred in 1374, and Boccaccio survived him but one year, dying on the twenty-first of December, 1375.

for Occurrences 685%

Perhaps it was in his nature at rare intervals to want one particular person so terribly, to pine and die for someone!

with Occurrences 614%

I once determined that it should die with me; and had I not met with you, it certainly should.

without Occurrences 330%

He had gone down and died without a struggle.

from Occurrences 277%

Not one in a million of those who pass away every year, die from the effects of age, as a primary cause.

by Occurrences 228%

My one desire was to get out of this ghoulish thicket and die by the stream-side.

before Occurrences 218%

(This, then, was the second wife of Edward Osborne of Henrico, who, marrying him 15 June, 1694, died before January, 1696-7.)

within Occurrences 165%

"These three," she says, "I will cause to die within one year and at no great distance apart, and I will not dismiss him unattended.

like Occurrences 162%

I was raised like one, and I'll die like one.

out Occurrences 138%

But soon I saw that he was sleeping quietly, and in his slumbers the madness had died out of his face.

under Occurrences 133%

" Aloud Patricia said: "You mean, then, that, to cap it all, a functional disorder of my heart has become organic, so that I would inevitably die under another operation?

to Occurrences 103%

Then abruptly the clamour died to nothing.

after Occurrences 76%

[NOTE.The incident related in this poem occurred in the year B.C. 620, when the duke of Muh died after playing an important part in the affairs of Northwest China.

during Occurrences 70%

[A] Former student of the Medersa of Algiers, bookbinder, lutemaker, and copier of manuscripts, Qaddour ben Omar ben Beuyna, best known among his coreligionists as Qaddour el Hadby (the hunchback), who died during the winter of 1897-1808, has sung for thirty years about all the notables of his city.

as Occurrences 70%

And here a third, to a child who had died as one of the Innocents: MIRAE INNOCENTIAE ANIMA DULCIS

about Occurrences 49%

SeeO see how fast they fall and die about us!

into Occurrences 32%

Confusion blast all mercantile transactions, all traffic, exchange of commodities, intercourse between nations, all the consequent civilization, and wealth, and amity, and link of society, and getting rid of prejudices, and knowledge of the face of the globe; and rot the very firs of the forest that look so romantic alive, and die into desks: Vale.

than Occurrences 32%

"An death must come, better one should die than four," said Beltane, "howbeit I am minded to seek out Pertolepe this day.

among Occurrences 30%

There were wounded and dying among them; some vacant places.

of Occurrences 28%

The French Republic dying of Gas.

through Occurrences 22%

Hawkins records (Life, p. 588) that one day Johnson said to his doctor:'How many men in a year die through the timidity of those whom they consult for health!

between Occurrences 15%

Yet the memory of the tragedy this vessel had witnessed remained with methe helpless slaves who had suffered and died between decks; the dead sailors in the forecastle, their ghastly faces staring up at the beams above, and the horrible figure of Paradilla outstretched on the cabin divan.

Which preposition to use with  dying