Which preposition to use with panted

for Occurrences 149%

Four and sixty years it is now since he began to pant for breath.

with Occurrences 70%

" I obeyed with reverential silence; and as I passed the vestibule of the majestic edifice, my heart panted with an aweful expectation of beholding the shades of Solon, Lycurgus, and other departed Legislators, from the various nations of the world.

from Occurrences 42%

" She was silent again, panting from exhaustion.

in Occurrences 31%

Next, just as the false Ascanius, when panting in the arms of Dido, breathed on her mouth, and thereby kindled the latent flame, so did she breathe on my mouth, and, in that wise, rendered the divine fire that slumbered in my heart more uncontrollable than ever, and this I felt at that very moment.

on Occurrences 26%

At last they rested from the contest, and lay panting on the surface of the water, glaring at each other.

after Occurrences 23%

The scent of milk, a proof of infancy; Thy heart pants after gladness and the sweet Endearments of domestic life; can I Then send thee to the war to cope with heroes Burning with wrath and vengeance?"

like Occurrences 21%

Once or twice it was overstrained, and then we pitied the willing little thing, panting like an overtaxed horse."

to Occurrences 13%

And, as an hare whom hounds and horns pursue Pants to the place from whence at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to returnand die at home at last.

under Occurrences 11%

Before she reached it, old Marianne met her, panting under the large bundle of horsehair which she was carrying on her head.

at Occurrences 10%

Till at last, finding its efforts ineffectual, quite tired and breathless, it lays itself down, and pants at the bottom of the cage, seeming to bemoan its cruel fate and forfeited liberty.

of Occurrences 8%

Side by side with these picturesque visitors was a barefooted Cuzco urchin clad in a striped jersey, cloth cap, coat, and pants of English pattern.

as Occurrences 5%

"Ay, marry, for I saw it all," cried she, panting as the hare pants when it has escaped the hounds, "and I fear he is wounded sore, for one smote him main

through Occurrences 5%

"It was close, ma cheri" he panted through his white beard.

against Occurrences 4%

And in her blindness Gray Wolf's soulif soul she hadrose in exultation to the cold gray sky, and her breast panted against Kazan's shoulder as she listened to the crunching of fangs in the flesh and bone of the foe her lord and master had overthrown.

by Occurrences 4%

Quoth Beltane: "Good friar, what do ye abroad so early?" "Sweet son, I praise the good God for His mercies and pant by reason of this my weighty basket.

into Occurrences 4%

It was getting late in the afternoon and the fifth train to pull in from the south since our advent on the spotor possibly it was the sixth had just halted when, from the opposite direction, a troop-train, long and heavy, panted into sight and stopped on the far track while the men aboard it got an early supper of hot victuals.

across Occurrences 3%

But now the steamers pant across to Swanage pier again and unload the curious crowd who make straight for the Great Globe and Tilly Whim and pause to "rest and admire" as they breast the steep slopes of Durlston.

over Occurrences 2%

[804] He wrote to Mrs. Thrale this same day:'Alas, I had no sleep last night, and sit now panting over my paper.

around Occurrences 2%

his bow near him, unstrung; his dogs panting around him.

behind Occurrences 2%

" O'er the dread feast malignant Chemia scowls, And mingles poison in the nectar'd bowls; 365 Fell Gout peeps grinning through the flimsy scene, And bloated Dropsy pants behind unseen; Wrapp'd in his robe white Lepra hides his stains, And silent Frenzy writhing bites his chains.

beside Occurrences 2%

Half a mile from my brother-in-law's residence the horses shied violently, and the driver, after talking freely to them, remarked, "That was one of the Imps!" As he spoke the offending youth came panting beside our carriage, and in a very dirty sailor-suit I recognised my nephew Budge.

past Occurrences 2%

Fugitives panted past us in the darkness, pursued by phantoms of their own imagining, thinking only of one thingto leave that scene of awful slaughter far behind.

beneath Occurrences 2%

Her white fingers clenched, her arms thrown back, her breast panting beneath the lace, her proud face looking defiance into hisno one but a prince could have braved this princess.

above Occurrences 1%

He leaped after her again, running as he had not run in years, in savage, determined pursuit, tearing through brier and scrub, tripping, falling, rising, never losing sight of the blue-clad figure before him until at last she tripped and fell, and he stood panting above her.

before Occurrences 1%

Then haply, faithful one, weary as I, thou finally shalt seek some precipice from which to cast thyself; shalt halt, panting before the mysterious ocean of infinity; and then, with foaming mouth, dilated nostrils, and extended neck turned towards the horizon, thou shalt, as I, pray for eternal sleep; for repose for thy fiery feet; for a bed of green leaves, whereon reclining thou canst close thy burning eyes forever.

Which preposition to use with  panted