Which preposition to use with fawned

on Occurrences 37%

But if she were a dog, at least she felt that the dog had found its Master, and must fawn on Him, if it were but for the hope of getting something from Him.

at Occurrences 8%

You yet may spy the fawn at play, The hare upon the green; But the sweet face of Lucy Gray Will nevermore be seen.

with Occurrences 6%

COLOUR (ANY VARIETY)Dark or light blue or grey, or fawn with black points.

in Occurrences 6%

As lambs or fawns in April clustering lie Under a hoary oak's thin canopy, 150 Stretched at his feet, with stedfast upward eye, His children's children listened to the sound; A Hermit with his family around!

around Occurrences 4%

" CHAPTER XI "LAMBDA CHI!" Ditson had fawned around Browning a great deal since entering college, with the result that the king of the sophomores came to entertain a feeling of absolute disgust for the fellow.

to Occurrences 4%

He crept fawning to her feet.

like Occurrences 3%

Coming into the presence of a sound-hearted American democrat, who never had dreamed of one mortal kneeling to another, Ivan throws himself on his knees, presses his forehead to the minister's feet, fawns like a tamed beast, and refuses to move until the minister relieves himself from this nightmare of servility by a full pardon.

about Occurrences 3%

Suddenly a herd of black creatures larger than bloodhounds came galloping in; they had large pendulous ears, their noses were to the ground sniffing, they went up to the lords and ladies of long ago and fawned about them disgustingly.

of Occurrences 2%

The earliest cervine animals known seem to have had no antlers at all, a stage to which the fawn of the year corresponds; the subsequent normal addition in the life-history, of a tine for each year of growth until the mature antler is reached, answering with exactness to the stages of advance shown in the development-history of the race.

within Occurrences 1%

No fountain hid thine image in its heart; No flowers leapt up to wreathe thy golden hair; No more the fawns within the forest glade Follow'd a foot more lightsome than their own; The moon stole through the night in dim surprise; And all the stars look'd pale with wondering; For thou cam'st not, O lost Eurydice!

against Occurrences 1%

'Dolph, too wise to utter a single bark, but springing to lick their hands, and fawning against their legs.

among Occurrences 1%

And as a lion, when he hears the bleat Of fawns among the mountains far away, A murderous lion, and with hurrying feet Bounds from his lair to his predestined prey: So plunged the strong man in the untrodden brake (Lovers are maniacs)for his darling's sake.

before Occurrences 1%

Two girlsfighting one against the other for Elmhurstand both fawning before a cruel and malicious old woman who could never love anyone but herself.

between Occurrences 1%

Impelled by the excitement under which she advanced, her old agility of motion had for the moment returned to her; and she crept softly as a fawn between the young trees.

for Occurrences 1%

"For I'm coming back again," he said, "and you'll take care of my pet fawn for me, Little John, and always remember to feed it well.

into Occurrences 1%

When brindle Great Danes are continuously bred together, it has been found that they get darker, and that the peculiar "striping" disappears, and in that case the introduction of a good fawn into the strain is advisable.

through Occurrences 1%

"She had by this time approached a small gate, which communicated with the apartments on the ground-floor of the Zenana; when, turning to me, she said, "You can return the way you came, but I must leave you here;" and, making a slight bow, she sprung like a young fawn through the gate, and was out of sight in a moment.

under Occurrences 1%

" The man of affluence, who lavishes away his substance, may aptly enough be likened to a porpoise sporting in the oceanthe smaller fry play around him, admire his dexterity, fan his follies, glory in his gambols; but let him once be enmeshed in the net of misfortune, and they who foremost fawned under his fins, will first fall foul of him.

Which preposition to use with  fawned