Which preposition to use with empty

of Occurrences 183%

Their treasury is empty of spiritual coin, and their storehouse contains no world-thoughts.

into Occurrences 161%

All these claims are located on Klondyke River and the little tributaries emptying into it, and the districts are known as Big Bonanza, Gold Bottom and Honker.

as Occurrences 44%

Death I sought, but could not find it; and by and by I was alone in the woods, with twenty scars and a heart as empty as a gourd.

for Occurrences 27%

This house had been empty for a great while; years before histhe ancient man'sbirth.

in Occurrences 23%

After a forty-mile trip on the Yukon, you arrive at Dawson City, where the Klondyke empties in the Yukon.

on Occurrences 22%

It's empty on this floor so far as I've been over it.

to Occurrences 18%

I'm sure I grasp not Air; thou art no Fantom: Thy Arms return not empty to my Bosom, But meet a solid Treasure.

at Occurrences 18%

The waters of the lake empty at the extreme north-east angle through a channel not more than one hundred yards wide, which soon expands into what Schwatka called Lake Nares.

without Occurrences 14%

And Iah, my dear, I must confess that my hair is growing gray, and that my life has not been entirely empty without you, and that I ate and enjoyed two mutton-chops at luncheon, though I knew I should see you to-day.

from Occurrences 14%

I have fitted up six rooms, with lodgings for five servants, which are all I ever will have in this place; and I am persuaded that I could make a profit if I would part with my purchase, having been very much befriended in the sale, which was by auction, the owner having died without children, and I believe he had never seen this mansion in his life, it having stood empty from the death of his grandfather.

by Occurrences 7%

The great projector of the thunderbolts, He that is wont to piss whole clouds of rain Into the earth, vast gaping urinal, Which that one-ey'd subsizer of the sky, Dan Phoebus, empties by calidity; He and his townsmen planets brings to thee Most fatty lumps of earth's fecundity.

than Occurrences 7%

Yet the tenement which had housed the old man's deranged spirit, empty as now it wasaye, emptier than Duggle's tombwas still to be witness of one more earthly scene and unwittingly bear part in it.

before Occurrences 7%

The brake, with its salmon-coloured streamers and four reeking horses, stood empty before the door of the office; Wilson, Purvis, Fawcett and Montgomery passed in.

over Occurrences 6%

His indignant expostulations were met with a titter of suppressed laughter; he was roughly forced down upon his knees, and while in this position what seemed like two buckets of cold water were emptied over his devoted head.

out Occurrences 5%

The reason why the fruit is emptied out of the preserving-pan into an earthen pan is, that the acid of the fruit acts upon the copper, of which the preserving-pans are usually made.

like Occurrences 5%

My holes were empty like a cup, In every hole the sea came up, Till it could come no more.

with Occurrences 4%

The nest was empty with the exception of Polton, who appeared at the laboratory door in his white apron, with a pair of flat-nosed pliers in his hand.

during Occurrences 4%

"Not a slip in the country will be empty during the coming months.

after Occurrences 3%

The next portion of the intestine is called the jejunum, because it is usually empty after death.

under Occurrences 2%

I love to ring for their christenings and marriages, to toll proudly for the brave lads in blue, and tenderly for the innocent creatures whose seats are empty under my old roof.

through Occurrences 2%

Each exclamation being followed with that groaning grunt, with which the West-country folk, after having screamed their lungs empty through their noses, recover their breath for a fresh burst.

below Occurrences 1%

General McClellan had drawn up his forces on a ridge along the southern bank of Powhite Creek, a small water-course which, flowing from the northeast, empties below New Bridge into the Chickahominy.

down Occurrences 1%

A little cluster of wine bottles stood upon the buffet, and these had their necks knocked off, and were emptied down parched throats.

behind Occurrences 1%

The shore stretched empty behind her.

above Occurrences 1%

But they were alone, with the vast arch of sky empty above them and the wide white stretch of sand a desert around them.

Which preposition to use with  empty