Which preposition to use with lunges

at Occurrences 27%

The animal rushed furiously forward two or three rods, with its head lowered as if making a lunge at an enemy, then stopped, and looked all around, standing with its back humped up, and its short stump of a tail working and writhing at a furious rate.

with Occurrences 13%

They will learn the terrible difference between your fury and eagerness to lunge with bayonet and your horror of achievement when the disemboweled victims lie before you.

of Occurrences 10%

As for Donnegan, the leap that carried him to one side whirled him about also; he faced the big man, who was now crouched in the very act of following the knife cast with the lunge of his powerful body.

in Occurrences 6%

Finally, raising his arm, he flourished it and then made two or three stabs and lunges in the air, then walking on tiptoe he adyanced to Martin lying so still on the yellow grass in the midst of that black-robed company, the hot sun shining on his naked white body.

for Occurrences 5%

" They whirled, their guns exploding at almost the same instant, and Silent lunged for the floor, firing twice as he fell.

against Occurrences 4%

" They were in the boat now, and Jack was sending it forward by lusty lunges against every protruding object he could get a stroke at; when these failed he managed to scull after a fashion.

through Occurrences 3%

He did not come lunging through the shadows to meet the point of that knife.

over Occurrences 3%

I feinted, and disengaged, and a second later I had lunged over his guard, and had forced him to give back.

to Occurrences 2%

He lunged to his feet; he stood solidly, unswerving though more than ever slow and ponderous.

toward Occurrences 2%

He began to kick at her, to make lunges toward the distant door.

after Occurrences 2%

The soldier lunged after his toppling man with gorilla-like blows.

behind Occurrences 2%

Moran knew how to put the weight lunge behind the bayonet.

out Occurrences 2%

He squealed once, reared up with one lunge out of the bathand charged.

from Occurrences 2%

When he lunged from his horse on to the horns of the brute it dragged him for a hundred feet before he could check its mad flight.

above Occurrences 1%

They saw the great bull go down and Muztagh stand lunging above him.

along Occurrences 1%

He tucked his dream into the back of his mind while he pulled down the gas lever a couple of notches and lunged along the muddy ruts that led straight away from the safe line of sagebrush and out upon the platter-like red expanse.

beneath Occurrences 1%

He on the instant drew his sword and lunged beneath the bench and drew out upon its point the maid's flowers.

by Occurrences 1%

The adversary may attempt a greater extension in the thrust and lunge by quitting the grasp of his piece with the left hand and advancing the right as far as possible.

about Occurrences 1%

From yonder mast a flag streams out As bold as a royal pennant; I can watch the good ship lunge about From this tower of which I am tenant;

across Occurrences 1%

R.C.'s horse lunged across the park and appeared to be running off from mine.

on Occurrences 1%

The boy swayed in the saddle as the horse lunged on.

past Occurrences 1%

Yet he was able to duck backward so that the blade only slit open his shirt as Pedro, with the misdirected force of his blow, lunged past its object.

towards Occurrences 1%

Steve Jarrold, the one nearest Gloria, swung about, saw her, dropped what was in his hands, and lunged towards her.

under Occurrences 1%

Her blue eyes dilated with fear; she knew in what pain and fright the horse must be lunging under those blows.

Which preposition to use with  lunges