Which preposition to use with rebukes

to Occurrences 54%

Sir Henry took the hint and administered such a stinging rebuke to Detective Rolfe that that officer's face took on a much redder tint before it was concluded.

of Occurrences 52%

Literary study of style in occasional oratory must have been extensive and extravagant at a very early date, to judge by the rebukes of such practical speakers as Alcidamas.

for Occurrences 36%

Thus Shakespeare has Kent, who has been rebuked for his bluntness, indulge in a grandiloquent outburst: "Sir, in good sooth, in sincere verity, Under the allowance of your grand aspect, Whose influence, like the wreath of radiant fire On flickering Phoebus' front," No wonder Kent is interrupted with a "What meanest by this?"

in Occurrences 23%

She laughed and blushedthere was a rebuke in it.

from Occurrences 22%

More than once, however, his trenchant criticism of the action of the naval lords had brought upon his head rebukes from head-quarters; nevertheless, so universally was his talent as a naval expert recognized, that to write had never been forbidden him as it had been to certain others.

with Occurrences 14%

Antony knew this thoroughly, and first of all he selected the Lupercalia and that procession in order that Caesar in the relaxation of his spirit and the fun of the affair might be rebuked with immunity, and next he selected the Forum and the rostra that his patron might be shamed by the very places.

on Occurrences 5%

On that evening, at Aldersgate Street, 24th May, 1738, so memorable in the spiritual history of Methodism, when John Wesley stood up in his newly-found fulness of the assurance of grace, and encountered much sharp rebuke on the spot, he had been well fortified beforehand with his mother's sympathy, saying, "She was glad he had got into such a just way of thinking."

against Occurrences 4%

" "Then whatever Mr. Darrin's words were, they had the effect, if not the exact form, of a rebuke against your conduct?" pressed the commandant.

as Occurrences 4%

I am glad that you should rebuke me, because I deserve to be rebuked as a ne'er-do-well and sinner as much as any one, or perhaps more.

by Occurrences 4%

his sonnet on Innocence, 360. rebuked by "A Father," 360.

without Occurrences 3%

" Luciana would have excused her sister, saying, she always reprehended her husband mildly; and she said to her sister, "Why do you hear these rebukes without answering them?"

at Occurrences 2%

"I felt keenly rebuked at this, and resolved never again to permit even the thought of disobedience to find a place in my mind.

among Occurrences 1%

But this is a dream that Providence has rebuked among all successive conquerors.

Which preposition to use with  rebukes