Which preposition to use with racing

of Occurrences 1421%

I long to see arise in the ministry a race of iron!

in Occurrences 414%

Literature, instead of being considered as merely an expression of the primitive experiences of a race in its sagas, glees, ballads, dramas, and larger works and songs, is more and more revealing itself as an appeal to the Highest in the supreme moments of life.

for Occurrences 217%

There are two catchers who run a close race for the "Hall of Fame" in 1912.

with Occurrences 189%

Mrs Mitchell assured Edith that his bath-chair race with a few choice spirits was still talked of at St Leonard's (bath-chairmen, of course, are put in the chairs, and you pull them along).

to Occurrences 149%

Through stormy sorrows and perpetual desolations comes the race to God.

from Occurrences 106%

All Christian doctrine is centred about one point: the redemption of the race from sin.

on Occurrences 85%

Each student should feel, not that a system is being driven into him, as piles are driven into the stream, but that he is being put in philosophic contact with the thought of the race on the great topic of Religion, with liberty himself to experiment, think, and add to the store.

through Occurrences 75%

Gradually the thoughts which were racing through my mind, as thoughts sometimes do, when the candle is out, and the room you lie in grows intangible and vast, assumed a well-balanced relativity.

as Occurrences 74%

The young of those countries know little or nothing about simple amusements which are so popular in the United States, and acquire from their elders their knowledge of betting and taking part in games of chance, two evils which unquestionably have done much to degrade the race as a whole.

by Occurrences 68%

There are some who say that Jesus has held the attention and allegiance of the race by an appeal to the religious instinct; that all men naturally seek God, and long to know Him.

at Occurrences 67%

On our return to Rolla we heard a great deal of talk about the approaching fall races at St. Louis, and Wild Bill having brought a fast running horse from the mountains, determined to take him to that city and match him against some of the high-flyers there; and down to St. Louis we went with this running horse, placing our hopes very high on him.

between Occurrences 49%

Punchinello's Sporting Special went down to Sandy Hook last week to supervise the race between the Dauntless and the Cambria.

across Occurrences 40%

Once there, I raced across to the parapet, that walls it 'round, and looked down.

into Occurrences 38%

the secondary colors? Give the various races into which mankind has been divided, and the color of each.

than Occurrences 37%

You cannot picture a hardier or more spirited race than the fellows I thus recruited.

against Occurrences 36%

On the 24th of October Arnold, with fifteen other men, began 'a race against time, a race against starvation' by pushing on ahead in a desperate effort to find food.

down Occurrences 35%

"I want to preach to the black people," said Mary, the tears racing down her cheeks.

after Occurrences 33%

The result was that Washington finished second for the first time in its major league history, winning that position in the closing days of the race after a bitter tussle with the passing world's champions.

over Occurrences 29%

From where she stood a rigidity raced over Ann 'Lisbeth, locking her every limb in paralysis.

among Occurrences 17%

The German offer for a solution of the problem of world-government is German sentiments, German racial pride, German manners and customs, an immense increase of German territory and German influence, and above all an acknowledged supremacy for the German race among the nations of the world.

along Occurrences 16%

O running cloud that races along the sky! ADMETUS.

like Occurrences 16%

True, he takes the pseudonym of Paulus when he kills lions with his javelin and drives a chariot in the races like a vulgar slave.

Toward Occurrences 16%

[Illustration: The Three Midshipmen Raced Toward the Pier.]

about Occurrences 14%

Young people work a great deal harder racing about in their play than at anything they have to do in a spooling roomI'm sure my nieces and nephews do.

around Occurrences 14%

Weand I speak of the European nations generallyhave talked loudly of our own glory; but have we welcomed and acclaimed the glory and beauty of the other peoples and races around usamong whom it is our privilege to dwell?

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