Which preposition to use with preoccupied

with Occurrences 54%

But men preoccupied with their own concerns do not keep anxious watch, and our precautions were needless.

with Occurrences 22%

The marshal was rather preoccupied with his Spanish royalties.

in Occurrences 7%

Though preoccupied in mind, he gathered that both the old housekeeper and Jerry were surprised and dismayed to see him ready to leave.

about Occurrences 3%

" But Graham, who was preoccupied about some school prize, had to be told twice before the news took proper hold of his attention.

at Occurrences 2%

He took long walks on the ramparts; was gloomy, restless, and preoccupied at home.

about Occurrences 2%

We may trick with the word life in its dozen senses until we are weary of tricking; we may argue in terms of all the philosophies on earth, but one fact remains true throughoutthat we do not love life, in the sense that we are greatly preoccupied about its conservation; that we do not, properly speaking, love life at all, but living.

at Occurrences 1%

Although somewhat preoccupied at Germany's progress and regarding it as a peril for the future, Great Britain attached more importance to the problems of her Empire, namely to her internal constitution: like ancient Rome, she was a truly imperial country in the security of her supremacy, in her calm, in her forbearance.

during Occurrences 1%

He had noticed that she had been rather preoccupied during dinner, an unusual mood for so lively a girl, and now he could not help watching the pair in the distance, she talking with an earnest, troubled expression, and he listening to her story in grave wonderment, now and again interposing a few words.

than Occurrences 1%

She appeared much more preoccupied than usual.

like Occurrences 1%

He walked dreamily, undecidedly, preoccupied like a man battling with an idea or with a memory.

on Occurrences 1%

It was the special merit of these artists to elevate the ideal of form and to seek after sublimity, without departing from the path of conscientious labour, in an age preoccupied on the one hand with technicality and naturalism, on the other with decorative prettiness and pietism.

to Occurrences 1%

Joe was too preoccupied to more than smile at the lad.

Which preposition to use with  preoccupied