Which preposition to use with outlined

of Occurrences 1929%

Slowly, I traced the shadowy outline of one of the Things.

against Occurrences 98%

One of Constable's famous paintings represents the Cathedral of Salisbury outlined against a storm-swept sky, with a lovely rainbow arched beyond it.

in Occurrences 87%

As the sun sank to his rest behind the western hills, and the twilight began to gather in the forest and over the lake, the moon rose over the eastern high lands, walking with a queenly step up into the sky, casting a long line of brilliant light across the waters, showing the shadows of the mountains in bold outline in the depths below, and paling the stars by her brightness above.

for Occurrences 73%

Not very many years ago, the keeper of a "Kindergarten" stall at an exhibition said, while pointing to cards cut and printed with outlines for sewing and pricking, "We have so many orders for these that we can afford to lay down considerable plant for their production."

with Occurrences 41%

And there a hunter draws his bow outlined with skilful thread, And underneath a word which says, 'Nay, shoot not at the dead.'

on Occurrences 39%

"One seldom sees a finer or a softer outline on the shores of the Mediterranean itself.

to Occurrences 19%

Kinderlen Wächter, the most intelligent of the German Foreign Ministers, and perhaps the one most opposed to the War, when he outlined to me the situation as it was ten years ago, showed no anxiety at all except in regard to Russia.

as Occurrences 15%

They were big, round, ample, and with no pointed outline as of sharp hoofs.

than Occurrences 7%

Through the gloom concealing the deck, I could perceive only dim figures, a riot of men, battling furiously hand to hand, yet out of the ruck loomed through the darkness in larger outline than the others-Cochose, the negro.

through Occurrences 6%

I let her draw out the long case which I had been guardingthe case I had not once touched since leaving London, except to feel anxiously for its outline through my buttoned coat.

at Occurrences 6%

Outlined at the open doorway of the barn was a man.

by Occurrences 6%

The summit was decidedly more angular and pointed, less softened in outline by atmospheric influences, than those of mountains on Earth.

from Occurrences 5%

Here is a brief outline from which the reader may see of what materials Jonson made up his comedies.

above Occurrences 4%

The darkness began to gather around him; the forests along the shore to lose their distinctness and to stand in sombre and shadowy outline above the water; still no prospect of relief presented itself.

like Occurrences 4%

I want to have a hard outline like a Fergusson.' 'Oh, really?

across Occurrences 3%

EARSSmall, thin to the touch, wide apart, set on at the highest points of the sides of the skull, so as to continue the outline across the summit, and lying flat and close to the cheeks when in repose.

beneath Occurrences 2%

Her feet were cased in tiny slippers of soft Moroccan leather; her limbs, rounded and supple and smooth as ivory, were outlined beneath wide flowing trousers which were gathered at the ankles.

among Occurrences 2%

Any moment, it seemed, the woodland gods, who are to be worshipped in silence and loneliness, might stretch their mighty and terrific outlines among the trees.

along Occurrences 2%

In a medical chart of this country, which we had occasion to examine many years since, the district where consumption attained its maximum range was outlined along the coast, beginning with the State of Maine, having a semi-circular sweep to Fortress Monroe in Virginia, with an inland limit varying from one to two hundred miles.

between Occurrences 2%

That thing which had tried to shape itself between her and Ann still remained there, a thing without body but vaguely outlined between Ann and all other things.

within Occurrences 1%

The narrow outline within which the Jesuits confined the theological reading of their 'alumni' is strongly marked in this (in so many respects) excellent work: for example, the "most believing mind," with which Lacunza takes for granted the exploded fable of the Catechumens' ('vulgo' Apostles')

before Occurrences 1%

If the lecture is new or one that he has not given for many years, he occasionally has a few notes or a brief outline before him.

behind Occurrences 1%

The light was wonderful, like fold on fold of gauze, but opaque, so that buildings showed with sharp outline behind it.

below Occurrences 1%

In one respect St. Patrick was less fortunate than his equally illustrious successor, Columba, since he found no contemporary, or nearly contemporary chronicler, to write his story; the consequence being that it has become so overgrown with pious myths, so tangled and matted with portents and miracles, that it is often difficult for us to see any real substance or outline below them at all.

into Occurrences 1%

And like some august master of forbidden ceremonies, looking twice his natural size as the shadows played tricks with his arms and shoulders, merging his outline into walls and ceiling, Skale stood and looked about him.

Which preposition to use with  outlined