Which preposition to use with hostility

to Occurrences 282%

This is said in no spirit of hostility to the League, but only to explain the American point of view.

of Occurrences 196%

Shipping was scarce; for the hostility of the whole foreign naval world had made enormous demands on the British navy and mercantile marine.

against Occurrences 95%

Jealous of the new Indian trade of the Portuguese, the Venetians incite the mamelukes of Egypt and the sovereign of Calicut to begin hostilities against them.

in Occurrences 72%

Vague reports had already reached them from Acredale of the suspicious hostility in which the Democrats were held after Bull Run.

with Occurrences 69%

As the three biggest boys in the school, they had little difficulty in inducing their companions to join in the crusade which they preached against The Birches, and the consequence was that the two schools were soon exchanging open hostilities with greater vigour than ever.

between Occurrences 56%

This was the signal for an outbreak of open hostilities between the two schools: the Philistines charged the Birchites in the open street with being afraid to meet them in the field.

on Occurrences 37%

Dalton, defeated, cast a glance of deadly hostility on the Duke.

towards Occurrences 23%

Notices from the Belgian Government were placarded on the houses, warning the people to avoid every kind of hostility towards the Germans.

from Occurrences 21%

He has banished from his heart every feeling of resentment against you; do you, in the like manner, cast away hostility from your hearts against him.

by Occurrences 20%

"November 4th, 4 p.m. According to the conditions of the armistice ... hostilities by land, sea and air on all the fronts of Austria-Hungary have been suspended at 3 p.m. to-day.

toward Occurrences 15%

Antony, influenced by his friendship for Lepidus and by his hostility toward Caesar, caused such a decree to be passed.

at Occurrences 14%

It would, however, be convenient to know which of these grounds to inscribe in my manifesto; moreover, I am not ready for hostilities at present; having first to extirpate the Blemmyes, Carpi, and other barbarian vermin.

for Occurrences 13%

The senses perceive a hostility for which the mind has no proof, and in my experience the senses are right.

as Occurrences 8%

The next morning the Indians renewed hostilities as usual.

among Occurrences 8%

He ever acted towards them with true Christian benevolence and equity; and, at the same, he preserved that authority and superiority over them which were necessary to the safety and well- being of the colony; and he also carefully kept from them those European weapons, the possession of which might render them dangerous to the settlers, and aggravate the frequent hostilities among their own rival tribes.

during Occurrences 5%

no attempts were made to prosecute hostilities during the remainder of the year.

about Occurrences 3%

There was a thinly veiled hostility about the man which demanded investigation.

after Occurrences 3%

Unlike the planters in most of the colonies, they cherished their hostility after the act of abolition.

into Occurrences 3%

He would breathe the breath of intense hostility into the souls of crusaders, and then hasten back to the desolate and barren country in which Clairvaux was situated, rebuild his hut of leaves and boughs, and soothe his restless spirit with the study of the Song of Songs.

than Occurrences 3%

In the Far East, since Japan has formed an alliance with England, and seems recently to have effected an arrangement with Russia, we have to count more on Japanese hostility than Japanese friendship.

under Occurrences 2%

Diderot, D'Alembert, and others were bold unbelievers, and did not veil their hostilities under a weak disguise.

notwithstanding Occurrences 1%

He has committed these acts of hostility notwithstanding Major Van Vliet, an officer of the Army, sent to Utah by the Commanding General to purchase provisions for the troops, had given him the strongest assurances of the peaceful intentions of the Government, and that the troops would only be employed as a posse comitatus when called on by the civil authority to aid in the execution of the laws.

beneath Occurrences 1%

Napoleon's antechamber in Erfurt and in Dresden had been the rendezvous of the emperors, kings, and princes of Europe, and England alone had never disguised its hostility beneath the mask of friendship, and bent the knee to a hated and feared neighbor.

without Occurrences 1%

" For a moment French diplomatists had been seriously disconcerted; remembrance of the surprise in 1755, when England had commenced hostilities without declaring war, still troubled men's minds.

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