Which preposition to use with pry

into Occurrences 148%

William Gifford was more than merely the editor of the Quarterly Review, for he was as well a Tory editor whose duty it was to pry into Whiggish roguery.

about Occurrences 11%

" "If they catch you prying about, and find out that you've been watching them, you'll get an awful licking.

on Occurrences 5%

'Elzevir,' I said, 'I think there was one listening at the door, and there may be others in the house, so before we sit again let us take candle and go through the rooms to make sure none are prying on us.'

in Occurrences 5%

Thy one eye pries in every draper's stall, Yet never thinks on poet Furor's need.

with Occurrences 2%

If they did, and once started prying with that keen scent and indomitable persistence of theirs, we might as well chuck up.

behind Occurrences 2%

The tinsel glitter, and the specious mien, Delude the most; few pry behind the scene.

of Occurrences 2%

The Schipperke may fitly be described as the Paul Pry of canine society.

off Occurrences 2%

Then they took it to a secluded corner of the station, and with a borrowed hammer and chisel pried off the cover.

through Occurrences 2%

There are the long fingers of the cable and telegraph that pry through earth's hidden places, gathering choice bits of international gossip and handing them out to all the breakfast tables of the Great Neighborhood.

to Occurrences 1%

On one occasion, when dispatch was of some importance, knowing his inquiring nature, she called her Scotch Paul Pry to her, opened the note, and read it to him herself, saying, "Now, Andrew, you ken a' aboot it, and needna' stop to open and read it, but just take it at once."

under Occurrences 1%

Nevertheless, with experienced eyes, I explore amid the bare alders and the huckleberry-bushes and the withered sedge, and in the crevices of the rocks, which are full of leaves, and pry under the fallen and decaying ferns, which, with apple and alder leaves, thickly strew the ground.

around Occurrences 1%

"And what do you suppose he was prying around the Island for?" "I'm sure I have no idea,

among Occurrences 1%

35 The Crab, the Scorpion, and the Bull We pry among them all; have shot High o'er the red-haired race of Mars, Covered from top to toe with scars; Such company I like it not!

from Occurrences 1%

" Not another word could be pried from his set lips during breakfast, a gloomy meal to which Sally Bent came with red eyes, and Jerry Bent sullenly, with black looks at Sinclair.

between Occurrences 1%

It is time, he says, to be merry: Coridon, with his bold rout, Hath already been about, For the elder shepherds' dole, And fetched in the summer pole; Whilst the rest have built a bower To defend them from a shower, Sealed so close, with boughs all green, Titan cannot pry between; Now the dairy-wenches dream Of their strawberries and cream, And each doth herself advance, To be taken in to dance.

along Occurrences 1%

"Forthwith a guard at every gun Was placed along the wall; The beacon blazed upon the roof Of Edgecombe's lofty hall; And many a fishing bark put out, To pry along the coast;

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