Which preposition to use with encounters

with Occurrences 349%

Royalties, first social encounters with; present at opening ceremony of exposition; experiences with, at ball given by Lord Lyons at British embassy; risks run by, at fete at Versailles; present at the Waddingtons' ball at Quai d'Orsay.

in Occurrences 243%

"So you are back again, Mr. Henshaw," he said with a careless nod of greeting as they encountered in the hall of the hotel.

on Occurrences 74%

What with sickness and fighting and losses encountered on the way up the river, Baker's force was now reduced to about five hundred men, in place of the twelve hundred whom he had once reviewed at Gondokoro.

at Occurrences 64%

Next morning, upon making my usual visit to note the progress of the early bulbs in the flower-beds, I encountered at the further end of the garden the remains of a cata portly and ancient grimalkin of the sterner sex.

of Occurrences 59%

After so many encounters of a decidedly hostile nature, it was difficult to meet their old enemy on neutral ground without some feeling of embarrassment.

between Occurrences 50%

She had been crying, and in the pause caused by this encounter between my father and myself, dried her eyes with a handkerchief, which she rolled like a ball in her hand, evidently in strong emotion.

from Occurrences 13%

There was still considerable sea on, and the mere launching of a boat was attended with more than ordinary danger, added to which was that to be encountered from the broken spars and fragments of wreck drifting about.

during Occurrences 12%

But whatever there was to awaken their interest out of doors, a thing was destined to happen during their first morning school which would be a still greater surprise than anything they had yet encountered during their short residence at Ronleigh.

for Occurrences 11%

"He is doubtless wondering if we are arranging the preliminaries for the desperate encounter for which we were booked.

by Occurrences 6%

He ended the encounter by striking the man a regular knockout blow, and the fellow went down in a heap.

without Occurrences 6%

The horsemen of the two armies encountered without either party gaining the advantage.

as Occurrences 6%

Thus science may yet bring us to encounter as actual fact the deep philosophic thought of old, the thought that regards man as merely a will and a brain, and the body as but the outward clothing of these, mere drapery, capable of being changed as the spirit wills.

near Occurrences 5%

The officer in command of the force holding the town came, just before we started, to warn us to beware of bicyclists who might be encountered near Tirlemont.

along Occurrences 4%

His tactics were to assail some one point of the hostile army, and gain a decisive advantage, while he refused, as far as possible, the encounter along the rest of the line.

than Occurrences 3%

But an embarrassment now presented itself that was far more difficult to encounter than any which proceeded from personal risks.

to Occurrences 3%

The besiegers, when they first entered the city, fearing lest they might encounter serious resistance in the narrow streets, put every soul they encountered to the sword.

within Occurrences 3%

Alexander, notwithstanding, was resolute, and so it came to pass that on the same day two mighty processions encountered within the walls of Rome.

before Occurrences 3%

I have spoken of the great perils which the United States encountered before the election of Mr. Lincoln.

among Occurrences 3%

Much greater difficulty, and dangers indeed, were encountered among the broken and grating floes, than had been expected, or previously met with.

through Occurrences 3%

Like many men of his class, Peter Jefferson had perhaps an undue sense of the obstacles he had encountered through lack of education, and was careful to provide for that of his children.

under Occurrences 2%

The domestic discipline he encountered under the paternal roof was of the severest New England pattern of those days, and between its theology and its economy he grew out of shape, like a thrifty pumpkin between two rocks.

off Occurrences 2%

Rome, having again assembled a great fleet, under Lutatius Catalus, vanquishes the Carthaginians in a naval encounter off the Aegates.

with Occurrences 1%

First Encounters with the Grizzly Bear.

amid Occurrences 1%

All day, just outside the glass doors of the office, Broadway streamed with people; and here, where the human counter currents running north and south encountered amid the racket of omnibuses, carts, carriages, and drays, a vast overflow spread turbulently, eddying out around the recruiting stations and newspaper offices which faced the City Park.

beforehand Occurrences 1%

Meanwhile Pompey, having received advance information of the attempt which the barbarians had made on the rest, to their surprise encountered beforehand the detachment that was proceeding against him, conquered it, and at once hurried on just as he was against Oroeses.

Which preposition to use with  encounters