Which preposition to use with offenses

against Occurrences 57%

He is not even conscious now that Germany has committed any offense against the rights of free nations.

of Occurrences 39%

But offenses of a less glaring kind are as hard to shut out as February cold from a heated house.

to Occurrences 29%

Plain and intelligible, but | | without offense to the most fastidious taste, the style of | | this book must commend it to careful perusal.

at Occurrences 27%

He took no offense at the snarl, but stood for a moment, gazing into the gloom where Gray Wolf had hidden herself.

in Occurrences 13%

The mere fact of her unshakable fidelity to Pertinax was an offense in his eyes; she presented what he considered an impudent pose of morality, more impudent because it was sustained.

for Occurrences 6%

"The offense for which she was condemned to confinement in a fortress was the attempted assassination of Madame Vakuroff, wife of the General commanding the Uleaborg Military Division.

by Occurrences 6%

Dumas gave such offense by the boldness of his language that some of the Jacobins threatened him with violence, but he refused to be silenced; and his firmness prevailed, as firmness nearly always did prevail in an Assembly where, though there were many fierce and vehement blusterers, there were very few men of real courage.

on Occurrences 6%

Then followed offense on offense.

under Occurrences 5%

To the House of Representatives of the United States: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with voluminous documents prepared and collected in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th January, 1825, calling for a statement of convictions, executions, and pardons for capital offenses under the authority of the Government of the United States since the adoption of the Constitution.

as Occurrences 3%

The House then filled the blank it had made in the bill by defining the offense as a high misdemeanor and providing a penalty of imprisonment of not less than five nor more than ten years.

than Occurrences 3%

One of the greatest jurists of England, during the Seventeenth Century, condemned two young girls to the gallows for no other offense than the alleged crime of having exerted a baneful influence over certain victims, and having, what would be called in certain districts, "hoodooed" them.

towards Occurrences 3%

This is the only way for you to have Consciences void of Offense towards God and Man.

with Occurrences 2%

Nor was more than a look at the two rear fourth classmen needed to enable any wondering midshipmen to guess the nature of the offense with which the remaining eleven upper classmen were to be charged.

toward Occurrences 1%

"I have hope toward God that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust; and herein do I exercise myself always to have a conscience void of offense toward God and toward man."

during Occurrences 1%

When the six months of his sentence had expired, would the Sheriff feel justified, or even the Judge who had sentenced him, in saying: "I will not release you; you have guilty of another offense during your incarceration, and therefore, I shall keep you confined six months longer?"

about Occurrences 1%

We appoint more and more "monitors" instead of training the "inward monitor" in each child, make truth-telling difficult instead of easy, punish trivial and grave offenses about in the same way, practice open bribery by promising children a few cents a day to behave themselves, and weaken their sense of right by giving them picture cards for telling the truth and credits for doing the most obvious duty.

Which preposition to use with  offenses