Which preposition to use with intrigued

of Occurrences 224%

'Tis flown, 'tis flown, for ever from my breast, And in its room eternal discords dwell, Such as outdo the black intrigues of Hell

with Occurrences 125%

Besides I have so natural an Inclination for a Don, that if my Father do force me to marry this small Creature of a Merchant, I shall make an Intrigue with some body of Quality.

against Occurrences 45%

The danger was all the greater because it was no longer one foreigner intriguing against another, as in 1775, but French against British and class against class.

in Occurrences 38%

The loss of it spelt ruin to those hopes of Eastern conquest which had prompted the German intrigues in Turkey, and it was certain that the Kaiser, so long as he believed in ultimate victory, would refuse to accept the loss of Bagdad as final.

for Occurrences 27%

He was not going to intrigue for promotion and use a girl's friendship in order to force his chiefs to see his merits.

at Occurrences 14%

Like a river which loses itself, by infinite subdivision, in the sands, so the wars of the Fronde disappeared in petty intrigues at last.

between Occurrences 9%

A certain Florio feigns to be dying in order to prevent the Podesta suspecting an intrigue between his wife, Rosaura, 'the Lady Mayoress', and so impotent an invalid.

by Occurrences 8%

'The development of the intrigue by dialogue and action was left to the native wit of the several players,' writes J.A. Symonds in his excellent and most scholarly introduction prefacing Carlo Gozzi's Memoirs.

to Occurrences 6%

Her contributions to the Duncan Campbell literature, "A Spy upon the Conjurer" (1724) and "The Dumb Projector" (1725), in which the romancer added a breath of intrigue to the atmosphere of mystery surrounding the wizard, opened the way for more notorious appeals to the popular taste for personal scandal.

among Occurrences 6%

These posts became the centre of intrigues among the savages of the Northwest.

as Occurrences 6%

He was a monk of the order of St. Francis, named John de Neyen, a native of Antwerp, and a person as well versed in court intrigue as in the studies of the cloister.

on Occurrences 5%

It is now time to notice the intrigue on which he founded his hopes, and the causes which led to his disappointment.

under Occurrences 4%

It is true, it did dawn on me that if my host were to suspect me of intriguing under cover of his protection, the protection might cease with disconcerting abruptness.

like Occurrences 3%

The Commercial Club was seething with intrigue like the court of old France under Catherine de Medici; only this time it was Industrial Unionism instead of Huguenots who were being Marked for a new night of St. Bartholomew.

from Occurrences 3%

Mr. FRED M. WHITE contrives effectively to entangle our interest in one of those webs of facile intrigue from which the reader escapes only at the last line of the last page, muttering at he lays the volume down and observes with concern that it is 2.30 A.M., "What rot!"

without Occurrences 2%

So Hungary suffers all the injustices without defence, all the miseries without help, and all the intrigues without resistance.

beyond Occurrences 2%

It would be compatible neither with its dignity nor with its right to self-preservation if the Austro-Hungarian government persisted to view idly any longer the intrigues beyond the frontier, through which the safety and the integrity of the monarchy are permanently threatened.

than Occurrences 2%

They had time at their disposal, and made use of itin much worse intrigues than ever before, but also in music and poetry and in the social life of the harems.

through Occurrences 2%

The Bolshevik government could not be recognized: it gave no guarantees of loyalty, and too often its representatives had violated the rights of hospitality and intrigued through fanatics and excited people to extend the revolution.

after Occurrences 1%

CONSTANT (Ned), the former lover of Lady Brute, with whom she intrigued after her marriage with the surly knight.

about Occurrences 1%

A sort of intrigue about nothing held them together.

before Occurrences 1%

For instance, in Monsieur Alphonse, a husband, on discovering that his wife has had an intrigue before their marriage, and that a little girl whom she wishes to adopt is really her daughter, instantly raises her from the ground where she lies grovelling at his feet, and says: "Créature de Dieu, toi qui as failli et

toward Occurrences 1%

" However this might be, Des Esseintes felt himself intrigued toward this ill-balanced but subtile mind.

around Occurrences 1%

and I sensed a strange secret service intrigue around me.

during Occurrences 1%

Intrigues during the treaty.

Which preposition to use with  intrigued