Which preposition to use with frightens

at Occurrences 69%

"Little JACK HORNER," says he, with the easy grace of one perfectly familiar with the subject he is to treat; neither frightened at its immensity, nor putting himself in the way of a dilemma by stopping to examine details.

out Occurrences 44%

Lucy, frightened out of her wits at the sudden call, came rushing to the piazza, flat-iron in hand, and stood riveted to the spot where she first saw the features on which the awful shadow of death had settled.

into Occurrences 25%

His manner conveyed the impression that he knew more of Catrina's inward thoughts than any other living being, and she was simple enough to be frightened into the conclusion that she had betrayed herself to him.

from Occurrences 11%

It sounds like an unreasonable tale, or something after the style of a fairy-story, to say that a party of lads, drilling with wooden guns, were able, without being conscious of the fact, to frighten from his bloody work such a murderous, powerful sachem as Thayendanega, or Joseph Brant, to use his English name, but such is the undisputed fact.

with Occurrences 10%

Can I read it to you?" "I wish you had no friends that Mr. Trius has occasion to frighten with a stick," said the mother.

by Occurrences 9%

But the fat and filthy "Czar" Ferdinand of Bulgaria sat in voluntary exile, eating like bread the ashes of repentance, and mingling his drink with weeping; so that his country, yellow at best, and frightened by the fear of being done to as it had done by Serbia, quit abruptly, without shame, almost without firing a shot.

to Occurrences 7%

She was in a chronic condition of being frightened to death.

as Occurrences 6%

Bobby and Katherine had been frightened as children by the stories clustering about the old wing.

in Occurrences 3%

The children, half frightened in spite of their pleasure, were quieter than their elders.

for Occurrences 3%

He was now replete and warm; and he was in nowise frightened for his host, having gauged him as justly as was possible between two such different characters.

off Occurrences 2%

But, anyway, sixteen hundred Kroner is no small sum for folk in the wilds, and Inger has but one fear, that Isak may be frightened off the deal.

of Occurrences 1%

What's he frightened of?

about Occurrences 1%

Then she went off into a swoon, and her servants, alike frightened about master and mistress, mother and son, dispatched a messenger immediately to Cherbury for intelligence, advice, and assistance.

before Occurrences 1%

The urchins, always frightened before him, retired; their mother would have followed too.

Which preposition to use with  frightens