Which preposition to use with flees

from Occurrences 951%

They shoulder responsibility; they do not flirt; they sort out cranks; they flee from simpers; they put down presumption.

to Occurrences 730%

My feet are here, but in a moment my spirit can flee to Xanadu and Zanzibar.

in Occurrences 234%

LADY LUNDIE enters and announces that ANNIE is no longer her governess, that misguided person having thrown up her situation, for the irrational reason that it was an interesting one, and having fled in the silence of the after-dinner hour.

with Occurrences 151%

Now beholding all the beauty of her, because of her gracious loveliness, his breath caught, then hurried thick and fast, insomuch that when he would have spoken he could not; thus he worshipped her in a look and she, content to be so worshipped, sat with head down-bent, as sweetly demure, as proud and stately as ifas if she ne'er in all her days had fled with hampering draperies caught up so high!

into Occurrences 148%

Henry and Margaret had remained at York during the action; but, learning the defeat of their army, they fled into Scotland.

for Occurrences 148%

A great many of them succeeded in jumping upon their ponies, and, leaving every thing behind them, advanced out of the village and prepared to meet the charge; but upon second thought they quickly concluded that it was useless to try to check us, and, those who were mounted rapidly rode away, while the others on foot fled for safety to the neighboring hills.

before Occurrences 135%

It fled before the Trades, and the red sun alternately blazed and clouded through it.

at Occurrences 79%

At five o'clock on the morning after the battle, a teamster, who had cut loose his horse and fled at the first onset, had ridden madly into the camp crying that the whole army was destroyed and he alone survived.

like Occurrences 37%

In the arena my good steed of gray Fled like a ghost.

through Occurrences 35%

The Germans tried to flee through the communication trenches, but the Canadians leaped among them with bayonets and bombs, killing many and sparing few as prisoners.

across Occurrences 28%

For with that last shrill cry the ghost of Chandrabai fled across the waste waters to meet the pale ancestral dead and dwell with them for evermore: and the house of Vishnu the fisherman was freed from the curse of her vagrant and unpropitiated spirit.

on Occurrences 28%

I would only approach the mountain now, and inspect it, creep about its flanks, learn what I could of its history, holding myself ready to flee on the approach of the first storm-cloud.

out Occurrences 27%

Cæsar thus despatched, Brutus advanced to speak to the senate and to assign his reasons for what he had done, but they could not bear to hear him; they fled out of the house and filled the people with inexpressible horror and dismay.

towards Occurrences 27%

With a ghastly look on his bloated features, he scanned for one moment the row of deeply shocked faces before him, then tottered back out of sight, and fled towards the staircase.

without Occurrences 22%

Was it, therefore, possible that Elma had awakened, and being warned of her peril had fled without arousing us?

toward Occurrences 22%

More than once did the frightened soldiers flee toward us for protection, and again and again we lent them weapons with which to defend themselves against their late friends.

down Occurrences 17%

"The Indians got Brightson down and stabbed him, and just then you sprang up and cried the troops were coming, and sure enough, there they were just entering the clearing, and the Indians paused only for one look and then fled down the stairs as fast as they could go.

along Occurrences 17%

Onward she fled along the skirts of the forest, towards the fields of her husband's friend Winslow, who, she well knew, would aid her with all his power: but she found him not, and no human being appeared in sight to listen to her appeal for succor.

by Occurrences 17%

The Congress then hastily fled by night and became a fugitive.

over Occurrences 12%

Since yesterday bomb-dropping airmen have come into Baden and Bavaria; further, by violating Belgian neutrality, they have fled over Belgian territory into the Rhine province and tried to destroy our railways.

beyond Occurrences 12%

All the other considerable Yorkists either fled beyond sea or took shelter in sanctuaries, where the ecclesiastical privileges afforded them protection.

as Occurrences 9%

"A wounded soldier, returned from the front, told me that the Germans fled as animals flee which are cornered and know it.

after Occurrences 8%

He had witnessed everything, learnt everythingNorine's trouble, the money given by Beauchene to provide for her at Madame Bourdieu's, the child carried to the Foundling Hospital and then put out to nurse at Rougemont, whence he had fled after stealing three hundred francs.

unto Occurrences 6%

Ay, by God he did, And more than this: nay, jest [not] at it, John; I swear he did, by Leicester's faith he did, And made the green sea red with Pagan blood, Leading to Joppa glorious victory, And following fear, that fled unto the foe.

behind Occurrences 3%

As the Asiatic hordes fled behind their panic-stricken king, the Greeks, looking round their limited horizon, could see no power that might vie with them.

Which preposition to use with  flees