Which preposition to use with propelling

with Occurrences 5%

On our return to the Dolphin we found that she had been visited by two natives, who had paddled off on logs of wood, shaped like canoes, not hollow, but very bouyant, about seven feet long and one foot thick, which they propelled with their hands only, their legs resting on a little rail made of small sticks driven in on each side.

to Occurrences 5%

I am propelled to the consideration of this subject by having optically perceived that ingenious nautical instrument, which has just now flown along like a mammoth, that monster of the deep!

through Occurrences 4%

As we advanced, three natives were seen in the water, apparently wading from an island in the centre of the strait towards Lewis Island: the course was immediately altered to intercept them, but as we approached, it was discovered that each native was seated on a log of wood, which he propelled through the water by paddling with his hands.

from Occurrences 3%

At this moment Steinmetz was pushed aside from within, and a hulking young man staggered out into the road, propelled from behind with considerable vigor.

at Occurrences 3%

He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.

by Occurrences 2%

Is she propelled by electricityby a battery of accumulators, or by piles of great power that work her screw and send her along at this rate?

in Occurrences 2%

Striking the air squarely as it does in its forward and backward movement, it throws almost as much air upward as downward, and of course all the air that is propelled in any other than a downward direction represents just so much power wasted.

along Occurrences 2%

The chyle is propelled along the intestine by the worm-like contractions of its muscular walls.

of Occurrences 1%

Much has been done toward placing our cities and roadsteads in a state of security against the hazards of hostile attack within the last four years; but considering the new elements which have been of late years employed in the propelling of ships and the formidable implements of destruction which have been brought into service, we can not be too active or vigilant in preparing and perfecting the means of defense.

into Occurrences 1%

From this it is propelled into any field to be irrigated.

towards Occurrences 1%

Amid much excitement Mr. Burbery was propelled towards the door, being gently used on the way as a battering-ram against his friends who rushed to the rescue, and at the door was handed over to the police.

against Occurrences 1%

Mama Lalotte, propelled against her will, sat down, trembling, in the house.

Which preposition to use with  propelling