Which preposition to use with joining

in Occurrences 1658%

"He came out on the other side of the stream, and after joining in the laugh against himself, and taking off and wringing his garments, he wandered up to the apron of the old dam, and stretching himself along the planks, went to looking anxiously down into the deep water.

with Occurrences 655%

Being anxious to return to the Missouri river, I joined with two others, named Scott and Charley, who were also desirous of going East on a visit, bought three ponies and a pack-mule, and we started out together.

to Occurrences 426%

Four or five miles down the lake, is a beautiful bay, stretching for near half a mile around a high promontory, almost reaching another bay winding around a like promontory beyond, leaving a peninsula of five hundred acres joined to the main land, by a narrow neck of some forty rods in width.

at Occurrences 40%

In July he was joined at Allahabad by a column under General Havelock, who was destined within a few weeks to win a lasting name in history.

on Occurrences 30%

The Indians were more responsive, and nearly fifty joined on their own terms.

of Occurrences 24%

O thou bed And bridal; O the joining of the hand, That led me long ago to Hector's land To bear, O not a lamb for Grecian swords To slaughter, but a Prince o'er all the hordes Enthroned of wide-flung Asia....

for Occurrences 18%

We were joined for a little bit by two men from Stafford county, who showed us the paths that horses could travel.

as Occurrences 17%

Mr. P. Walcott joined as a volunteer for the collection of specimens of natural history and botany.

from Occurrences 17%

Several tributaries join from the north and south, all of which had very recently ceased to run.

by Occurrences 16%

Six hundred Holland soldiers landed on the banks of the Hudson above the town and were quickly joined by four hundred Dutch citizens in arms urging them to storm the fort.

against Occurrences 11%

He considered the foreign philosopher as a man zealous in the cause of religion; and with him he was willing to join against the system of the fatalists, and the doctrine of Leibnitz.

into Occurrences 7%

They wanted stuff to shape and fashion into things, and join into other things.

in Occurrences 6%

Akin to the "feeling of community" between the child and his family is the joining in religious worship in church, "the entrance in a common life," and the emotional effect of the deep tones of the organ.

beneath Occurrences 4%

He was slightly heavy, so that his hands dimpled at the knuckle, and above the soft collar, joined beneath the scarf with a goldbar pin, his chin threatened but did not repeat itself.

without Occurrences 4%

One can only say, "Find an interesting theme, state its preliminaries clearly and crisply, and let issue be joined without too much delay."

after Occurrences 4%

[Footnote 60: This was just before Pharsalia, and the army was that of Pompey which Varro had joined after surrendering to Caesar in Spain.]

around Occurrences 3%

As he screamed, the big fingers joined around his throat.

before Occurrences 3%

Above all, the same battle had been joined before when Rome was weaker and Carthage stronger, and Carthage had already shown her weakness and Rome her strength.

near Occurrences 3%

"Then a railroad came, and then another, and they joined near the shack, and all at once a town sprang up.

unto Occurrences 3%

May I be joined unto those shining beings, holy and perfect, who are in the underworld; and may I come forth with them to behold thy beauties when thou shinest at eventide, and goest to thy mother Nut.

through Occurrences 2%

The answer may be found in the fact that the thin film of oxide of iron, or "skin," as it is popularly called, which always forms on the surface of molten iron, was caught in these fine meshes, and thus prevented the molten metal from joining through the holes.

below Occurrences 2%

Torrijos was to join below the revenue vessels.

like Occurrences 2%

In one compartment the arches and caryatides were of black marble; in another, of snowy Parian; in a third, of wood, exquisitely carved, and joined like one piece, as if it were a natural growth; vines rising at the bases of the walls, and spreading under the roof.

under Occurrences 2%

And the night they joined under Smith O'Brien they hadn't got their supper.

without Occurrences 1%

There has been so much said on this Head, with the Joining without, that I shall say no more of it.

Which preposition to use with  joining