Which preposition to use with ocean

of Occurrences 285%

Still, I fled onward, and, presently, I had come so close, that it seemed to stretch beneath me, like a great ocean of somber red.

to Occurrences 102%

Every glacier records the expenditure of an enormous amount of sun-heat in lifting the vapor for the snow of which it is made from the ocean to the mountains, as Tyndall strikingly shows.

in Occurrences 78%

If this hypothesis be correct, it follows that, if any part of the ocean in warm latitudes is shut off from the influence of the cold polar underflow, the temperature of its deeps should be less cold than the temperature of corresponding depths in the open sea.

with Occurrences 40%

He spake, and the Ocean with trembling waves Accepted the axe of the Roman law.

for Occurrences 32%

A QUAKER friend of mine once observed that he loved the Ocean for its Broad Brim.

on Occurrences 30%

It seems to imply an eastern boundary by an imaginary river Bore, that the Caspian is the western, the northern ocean on the north, and Mount Caucasus on the south.

from Occurrences 29%

Germany for her aviation, for her heavy artillery, for her armaments, is not even separated by the ocean from her Allies, and, on the contrary, they are firmly established in German territory; it would require many months to prepare a new war, during which France and her Allies would not be resting quietly.

between Occurrences 25%

[Footnote 1: See Appendix to Captain Dayman's Deep-sea Soundings in the North Atlantic Ocean between Ireland and Newfoundland, made in H.M.S. "Cyclops."

by Occurrences 24%

I expect to take my third trip across the ocean by and by.

without Occurrences 21%

Thunder-showers occur here during the summer months, and impressive it is to watch the coming of the big transparent drops, each a small world in itself,one unbroken ocean without islands hurling free through the air like planets through space.

at Occurrences 17%

These observations place it beyond a doubt that animal life is abundant in the ocean at depths varying from 200 to 300 fathoms, that the forms at these great depths differ greatly from those met with in ordinary dredgings, and that, at all events in some cases, these animals are closely allied to, and would seem to be directly descended from, the Fauna of the early tertiaries.

as Occurrences 11%

"Then we must be in an ocean as unexplored and unknown as the great south sea which Balboa discovered.

into Occurrences 10%

The storm lashes the ocean into fury; tall ships, freighted with human souls, go down into its relentless depths; a shriek of agony comes gurgling up from the devouring waters; a cry of woe is heard from a thousand homes over the wrecked and the lost.

during Occurrences 8%

Nevertheless they had the protection of the ocean during the period when they were preparing their artillery and their aerial material.

beyond Occurrences 8%

Why, Dab, there ain't any thing else in the world prettier than that reach of water and the sand-island, with the ocean beyond it.

over Occurrences 6%

All that day he journeyed on towards the ocean over a great plain.

under Occurrences 5%

The moon, though 240,000 miles from the earth, by her attraction raises the water of the ocean under her, and forms what we call the tide.

towards Occurrences 5%

After sailing for many days on the ocean towards the east, I arrived at the great province of Mancy, or Mangi, which is called India by the Latins; and I was informed by Christians, Saracens, and idolaters, and by many persons in office under the great khan, that this country contains more than 2000 great cities, and that it abounds in all manner of provisions, as bread, wine, rice, flesh, and fish.

through Occurrences 4%

It has been found that more water pours into the ocean through the Congo's mouth, which is six miles wide, than from all the other rivers in Africa together.

like Occurrences 4%

And thus full of faith he laboured on, telling the people of these scattered islands, which besprinkle the southern ocean like stars in the milky way, of the love of Christ.

below Occurrences 3%

4 Moritasgus, G. v. 54 Mosa, the Maess, or Meuse, a large river of Gallia Belgica, which falls into the German Ocean below the Briel, G. iv.

before Occurrences 3%

With another night the sloop will be far up the Bay, while now from where we are anchored, we could be beyond the Capes by daybreak, with the broad ocean before us.

Across Occurrences 2%

A boy named Peter Across the German Ocean Across the narrow beach we flit

around Occurrences 2%

For a space of hundreds of leagues the salt ocean around them is like milk.

off Occurrences 2%

" The boys had to laugh at this odd way of expressing the difficulty of getting new lights erected, but they knew as well almost as their companion the dangers of the ocean off this part of Long Island.

Which preposition to use with  ocean