Which preposition to use with rabbits

in Occurrences 54%

But afterwards saw I the old woman with the black rabbit in a cagewherefore the vile hag was stoned to death, and the black rabbit, that was her familiar, alsoand very properly.

with Occurrences 26%

For boiling, choose rabbits with smooth and sharp claws, as that denotes they are young: should these be blunt and rugged, the ears dry and tough, the animal is old.

for Occurrences 20%

The Headquarters of the British Staff had been at Gradisca, and the Camp Commandant had made a hobby of fattening rabbits for the General's Mess.

of Occurrences 11%

He is interested in the life of the garden, in the growing things, in the snail or spider he finds, in the cat, dog or rabbit of the family; he wants to dig, water and feed these various things, but he declines regular responsibility; his interest is in spurts.

out Occurrences 11%

" The same authority asserts that perfect lops are so rare, that a breeder possessing twenty of the handsomest and most perfect does would consider himself lucky if, in the course of a year, he managed to raise twelve full-lopped rabbits out of them all.

into Occurrences 11%

Finally they dived like rabbits into the forecastle hatch.

from Occurrences 9%

And the rabbit from his pathway Leaped aside, and at a distance Sat erect upon his haunches, Half in fear and half in frolic, Saying to the little hunter, "Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!"

on Occurrences 8%

A single rabbit on the mat, Or baked, or roast:how small the feast!

by Occurrences 7%

He had often begun the stalking of a rabbit by moving away from it and he employed this wolf trick now with the beavers.

at Occurrences 6%

Jack was trying, now right, now left, to force his way through the congestion at the door, like a harried rabbit at a wattled fence.

to Occurrences 6%

He missed, but the Austrian turned and doubled back like a rabbit to his own lines, where I suppose he was shot, poor brute, by his own people.

before Occurrences 5%

At the first bewildering '"Q?" from that steely-fronted maid the ritual overpowers you and you bow before porridge, kippers, bacon and eggs, stewed fruit, marmalade, toast, more toast, more marmalade, as helpless as the rabbit before the proverbial boaexcept that in this case the rabbit swallows its own asphyxiator.

against Occurrences 4%

It was one little throbbing rabbit against the field, with all the odds against him, running for his life, and losing!

without Occurrences 3%

Remarkably intelligent, and caring enough for sport to be sympathetically excited at the sight of a rabbit without degenerating into cranks on the subject like terriers.

under Occurrences 3%

Toward midday he cornered a big white rabbit under a log, and killed it.

like Occurrences 2%

They were rabbits like himself, but quite furry and brand-new.

near Occurrences 2%

They were shooting rabbits near the Highwood, and a gun went off close by; he pulled up a little and looked, but he did not stir a step to right or left.

through Occurrences 2%

Standing in the post-office door only just one month before, she herself had seen children scurrying like rabbits through the back-yard fences, men running silently here and there, men dodging into doorways, fire flashing in the street and from every houseand not a sound but the crack of pistol and Winchester; for the mountain men deal death in all the terrible silence of death.

across Occurrences 2%

One imagined them scurrying like rabbits across the fields and through the cabbage patches.

between Occurrences 2%

So when the moon rose he went down alone, and toward dawn returned with a big white rabbit between his jaws.

over Occurrences 1%

" Then would she run, pattering like a scared rabbit over the uneven floor, to the window, and watch my father stalking, grim and tall, across the open spaces of the yard towards the Judgment Hall of Duke Casimir, the men-at-arms avoiding him with deft reverence.

than Occurrences 1%

I was tramping across an igloo there a couple of days ago, and I heard a strange little muffled sound, more like a snared rabbit than anything else.

about Occurrences 1%

There are plenty of rabbits about, and they are the food foxes like best; poultry and pheasants are pursued and killed out of pure love of mischief.

along Occurrences 1%

"Not waiting for the council to close, away sped the rabbit along the route described by the moose, who had lately found out where Nanahboozhoo was stopping.

towards Occurrences 1%

He hunted with them too sometimes, chiefly by coming up and scaring rabbits towards where the cubs lay ambushed, so that the bunnies ran straight into their jaws.

Which preposition to use with  rabbits