Which preposition to use with extinguished

in Occurrences 83%

Some of the smaller lakes are extinguished in an instant by a heavy avalanche either of rocks or snow.

with Occurrences 9%

She regarded the two women scornfully; she did not even trouble herself about the fire in the fireplace, which fortunately went out of itself, while Martine extinguished with the shovel the burning soot and the last flames of the smoldering ashes.

for Occurrences 9%

But the beauty of cards would be extinguished for ever.

at Occurrences 7%

How great a city was then destroyed is shown, to say nothing of other things, by the duration of the fire, for the flames could scarcely be extinguished at the end of seventeen days; flames which the enemy themselves had raised in their houses and temples, that, since the city could not be rescued from the Romans, all matter for triumph might at least be burned.

within Occurrences 5%

He had been allowed so far to act upon his own arbitrary judgment or will that expediency was fast becoming his only motive and extinguishing within him both humanity and natural affection.

of Occurrences 4%

These payments, with those which had been made in three years and a half preceding, have extinguished of the funded debt nearly eighteen millions of principal.

to Occurrences 4%

Whether that threshing chaos of fire and smoke and wheat was short or long was beyond him to tell but the fire was extinguished to the last spark.

under Occurrences 3%

The following is an extract from that article: "The menace of the foreigner weighs upon the smaller States; the last sparks of European liberty are extinguished under the dictatorial veto of the retrograde powers.

without Occurrences 3%

And this city with mountains like those of Athens had suddenly become extinguished without being swallowed up by the sea, and with no volcano to cover it with ashes.

on Occurrences 2%

When he drew near to the gate, Hannibal raised a fire according to agreement, which made a blaze; the same signal was returned by Nico, and the fires were extinguished on both sides.

over Occurrences 1%

As I left the lights were being extinguished over the platform, and an attendant was closing the piano.

past Occurrences 1%

If we 'scape from our troubles to take a short nap, We awake with a din about limestone and trap; And the fire is extinguished past regeneration, For the women were wrapt in the deep-coal formation. 'Tis an impious thing that the wives of the laymen, Should use Pagan words 'bout a pistil and stamen, Let the heir break his head while they fester a Dahlia, And the babe die of pap as they talk of mammalia.

throughout Occurrences 1%

All fires were extinguished throughout the village.

into Occurrences 1%

whereat the light in the church was instantly extinguished into an impenetrable darkness.

amid Occurrences 1%

Faith was extinguished amid universal scepticism and indifference.

among Occurrences 1%

Liberty cannot be extinguished among such peoples, though "oceans may overwhelm it and mountains may press it down."

as Occurrences 1%

If it were so, it would matter little what we did or said, if the soul is to be extinguished as a blown-out flame when the body is mingled with the dust.

before Occurrences 1%

It is no improper inquiry, by whom this expense is at last to be borne; for certainly, nothing can be more unreasonable than to tax the nation for a blaze, which will be extinguished before many of them know it has been lighted; nor will it be consistent with the common practice, which directs, that local advantages shall be procured at the expense of the district that enjoys them.

behind Occurrences 1%

Sometimes it was extinguished behind a large mass of vapors which came up in the east, then it reappeared, to disappear again, but the weather was becoming fine again.

between Occurrences 1%

And this spirit of republican liberty, this warlike genius of ancient Rome, was never extinguished between the Alps and the Faro.

by Occurrences 1%

Gentlemen of the Senate: The situation of affairs between some of the citizens of the United States and the Cherokee Indians has evinced the propriety of holding a treaty with that nation to extinguish by purchase their right to certain parcels of land and to adjust and settle other points relative to the safety and conveniency of our citizens.

after Occurrences 1%

Many a spark of love kindled at sight of a pretty face and bright eyes is extinguished after a short acquaintance which reveals a cold and selfish character.

like Occurrences 1%

They are radiant, victorious, even witty, to the last, when at one swoop of blackness they are extinguished like a light plunged into a stream.

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