Which preposition to use with paddled

in Occurrences 52%

He had got his feet in a web, so to speak, by paddling in the political waters of Missouri, and some people had gone so far as to call him "quack."

with Occurrences 48%

s, he smiled good-naturedly made a flourish with one hand, while he continued paddling with the other, for he stood erect and straight in the stern of his skiff, and answered heartily "A fine morning, Mr. John, and the right time of the moon for boating.

on Occurrences 21%

The Vernons were hospitable, the young men and women given to healthy sport, and Mrs. Cartwright, watching Barbara fish and paddle on the lake, banished her doubts.

for Occurrences 17%

After due and long preparation, schooling his eye and hand, dreaming awake and asleep, with gun and paddle and boat he goes out after meadow-hens, which most of his townsmen never saw nor dreamed of, and paddles for miles against a headwind, and wades in water up to his knees, being out all day without his dinner, and therefore he gets them.

of Occurrences 15%

The next moment he rose to the surface with arms extended, thrashing the water like the paddles of a side-wheel steamboat, and making a noise not unlike the first attempt of a young mule to bray.

to Occurrences 15%

I never knew a lady come on the Otsego, but one of the first things she did was to get paddled to the Speaking Rocks, to have a chat with herself.

about Occurrences 15%

Sea-beasts, such as the walrus, now restricted to the extreme north, paddled about where birds had twittered among the topmost twigs of the fir-trees.

across Occurrences 12%

Spalding and a boatman paddled across the lake to make Mm a morning call.

into Occurrences 11%

" The boat dropped down to the proper position, and the Doctor, who was seated in the stern, held it in place by pressing his paddle into the sand at the bottom, while the boatman handled the landing net.

from Occurrences 9%

they heard another paddle, and one came after them, and soon arrows flew about them, arrows swift and cruel, and one struck his paddle from his hand and his canoe was overturned.

along Occurrences 7%

In skin canoes (baidarkas) the Aleuts, paddling along the shore, keep a sharp lookout on the nearby hillsides, where the bears feed upon the young and tender grass.

over Occurrences 7%

"Nanahboozhoo thus succeeded in reaching his canoe, and fixing the burning brand in one end of the boat he was soon rapidly paddling over the waters toward his distant home.

through Occurrences 7%

He had loved her that night when they paddled through the moonlight; he had loved her when he watched for her coming along the road, but most of all he had loved her when, under the eye of Aunt Amy, they had said good-bye at the garden gate.

at Occurrences 6%

In these the occupants kneel, and, sitting on their heels, ply their sharp-pointed paddles; all paddling at the same time on the same side, and then all changing in unison to the other side at the will of the bowman, who sets a rapid stroke.

toward Occurrences 6%

They were paddling toward her so that her light fell full on the doctor's facea clean cut, virile face, manly, stern, yet with a whimsical sweetness hidden somewhere.

against Occurrences 4%

First she had heard the rattle of Sandy McTrigger's paddle against the side of his canoe a quarter of a mile away.

towards Occurrences 4%

"Soon her husband called to her; she did not answer him, but placed her child high up in the canoe, so that his father could see him, and getting in herself she paddled towards the rapids.

within Occurrences 2%

I have more than once been thus paddled within thirty yards of a deer while feeding in the water.

by Occurrences 2%

Methinks I hear the old boatman, paddling by the weedy wharf, with raucid voice, bawling "SCULLS, SCULLS:" to which, with waving hand, and majestic action, thou deignest no reply, other than in two curt monosyllables, "No: OARS.

around Occurrences 2%

" "Agreed," said he, and we paddled around the point into a little bay, at the head of which a small, but cold stream entered the lake.

past Occurrences 2%

The crew got in and plied their muffled oars noiselessly down to the narrow passage between Isle St Ignace and the Isle du Pas, where they shipped the oars and leaned over the side to paddle past the nearest battery with the palms of their hands.

without Occurrences 1%

One bullet from a French rifle grazed Robert's shoulder, another was deflected from Tayoga's paddle without striking it from his hand, but in a few minutes they were beyond the range of those who stood on the bank, although lead continued to fall in the water behind them.

before Occurrences 1%

No, there must be first the shortest cut I could find into the ocean and salt water, then there would be many days of sweet, wholesome journeying and paddling before home grounds could be reached, but reached they would be all in good time.

behind Occurrences 1%

He no longer saw the silent world that, sparkling with color, was swimming or paddling behind the crystal.

beneath Occurrences 1%

" Everything was snug for the night; the canoe lying turned over beside the tent, with both yellow paddles beneath her; the provision sack hanging from a willow-stem, and the washed-up dishes removed to a safe distance from the fire, all ready for the morning meal.

Which preposition to use with  paddled