Which preposition to use with embrace

of Occurrences 159%

Alas, Philander, I am old and feeble, And cannot long survive: But thou hast many Ages yet to number Of Youth and Vigour; and should all be wasted In the Embraces of an unlov'd Maid?

in Occurrences 140%

Our principles are Embraced in the Communism of Love and Passional Attraction.

with Occurrences 50%

Woman, it was expected, would display more than her proverbial lack of logic by embracing with enthusiasm state direction and at the same time remain an exemplar of individualistic performance.

within Occurrences 24%

The law is defective in not embracing within its provisions all those who were during the last war disabled from supporting themselves by manual labor.

under Occurrences 12%

But biology, in the long run, rests upon physics, and the first condition for arriving at a sound theory of distribution in the deep sea, is the precise ascertainment of the conditions of life; or, in other words, a full knowledge of all those phenomena which are embraced under the head of the Physical Geography of the Ocean.

to Occurrences 11%

Voluntary distractions are thoughts which the mind freely and directly embraces to the exclusion of pious thoughts which should occupy it in prayer, of which the office is a high form; or they may be thoughts which arise from previous laziness, thoughtlessness, pre-occupation or some engrossing worldly affair.

as Occurrences 9%

Many more, leaving the religion which they had voluntarily embraced as converts from Judaism, again apostatized and returned to their old superstitionan evil which prevailed more in Seville than in any other part.

on Occurrences 7%

I felt the embraces on My feet.

by Occurrences 7%

Still she did not throw her arms around him, as a sister would clasp a beloved brother; but, rather, as he pressed her gently to his bosom, repelled the embrace by a slight resistance.

at Occurrences 7%

The business of the baker (-pistor-, literally miller) embraced at this time the sale of delicacies and the providing accommodation for revellers (Festus, Ep.

for Occurrences 6%

But having embraced for a moment, Damon took hold of her hand, and held her from him.

from Occurrences 6%

[Footnote 2: The period Hwang-che embraced from A.D. 399 to 414, being the greater portion of the reign of Yâo Hing of the After Ts'in, a powerful prince.

without Occurrences 5%

Why is it any more impossible for those who remain in the theological stage, who are not in the smallest degree sceptical, who in their heart of hearts embrace without a shadow of misgiving all the mysteries of the faith, why is it any more impossible for them than for us, whose convictions are as strong as theirs, to treat the most radical dissidence as that and nothing other or worse?

about Occurrences 2%

When Goyenor HOFFMAN visits the home of his childhood days, a spontaneous bust of friendship throws her lovin embrace about him.

between Occurrences 2%

The top of the piston rod is secured with a cutter into a socket with jaws, through the holes of which a cross head passes, which is embraced between the jaws by the small end of the connecting rod, while the ends of the cross head move in guides.

like Occurrences 1%

Sometimes they press so near that my breath is on their cheek, And their eager hands can almost touch the glowing bowl I bear, They can see the beaded froth, the ruby glitter of the wine, Then I slip from their embraces like a breath of summer air; Oh, I lightly, lightly glide away, they come no nigher me, For I am the siren, the siren of the sea.

organisationfor Occurrences 1%

Without a vote for the most part, without an all-embracing organisationfor the Union is somewhat limited in extentwith few newspapers expressing their views, with still fewer champions in the upper ranks, the agricultural labourers have become in a sense a power in the land.

round Occurrences 1%

" [430] Colling is embracing round the neck.

than Occurrences 1%

Three times the man threw his arms round the woman with other embraces than those of lovethree times they returned to their swords, and cut and slashed one another's bleeding bodies; till at length they were obliged to hold back for the purpose of taking breath.

into Occurrences 1%

He hauled it on over his head at once, and emerged from its embrace into his sister's.

beneath Occurrences 1%

They embraced beneath the banyan.

until Occurrences 1%

These deities were supposed to unite every evening, and to remain embraced until the morning, when the god Shu separated them, and set the goddess of the sky upon his four pillars until the evening.

around Occurrences 1%

And while Popova wondered, she sprang to her feet and ran to him and gave him a muscular embrace around the tender portion of his neck, for he still squatted after the oriental manner, even though he wore a long black coat of German make.

among Occurrences 1%

In the next place, it would compel us to embrace among our words an infinitude of terms that are significant only of local ideas, such as men any where or at any time may have had concerning any of the individuals they have known, whether persons, places, or things.

after Occurrences 1%

Yet, while we record these impressions, it would be unfair to neglect the spiritual beauty of some souls embracing after long separation in the grave, with folding arms, and clasping hands, and clinging lips.

Which preposition to use with  embrace