Which preposition to use with recede

from Occurrences 164%

Every fact recedes from us, as might an ebbing wave, and leaves us stranded upon an unhorizoned beach, more despairing than before.

in Occurrences 29%

Westward, the general flank of the range is seen flowing sublimely away from the sharp summits, in smooth undulations; a sea of huge gray granite waves dotted with lakes and meadows, and fluted with stupendous cañons that grow steadily deeper as they recede in the distance.

into Occurrences 26%

Thin, high-stooped houses with drawn shades recede into the mouse-colored mist of morning, and, as through quagmire, this mist hovering close to ground, figures skulkthat nameless, shapeless race of many bloods and one complexion, the underground complexion of paste long sour from standing.

to Occurrences 14%

The water had receded to a half of its greatest width before Broken Tooth and his workmen discovered the breach in the wall of the dam.

before Occurrences 9%

It was impossible to see anything, although we felt an indistinguishable tumbling mass receding before our footsteps.

like Occurrences 5%

And he watched the earth and sky enfolded in one tender harmony of rose and blueblue fading to gray, and the lake afloat amid vague shores, receding like a dream through sleep.

without Occurrences 4%

Such was the wonderful being, who relinquished the retirement, the tranquillity, the comforts, that he loved and enjoyed, to embark in labours at which the most hardy might tremble; to plunge in perils from which the most resolute might recede without a diminution of honour.

with Occurrences 4%

We finished our evening meal while the sun was yet above the western hills, and sat with our pipes around a smudge, made upon the broad flat rock, which recedes with a gentle acclivity from the shore, where the Bog River enters the lake, looking out over the stirless waters.

behind Occurrences 4%

The glory of the great west window is further enhanced by the graduated arcades which have the appearance of receding behind it.

at Occurrences 4%

The entire front above the glacier appeared as one tremendous precipice, slightly receding at the top, and bristling with spires and pinnacles set above one another in formidable array.

as Occurrences 3%

And it had been her painful experience to watch Wayne's disappointment develop, watch that happiness which had so mellowed him recede as day by day Clara fretted and pouted and showed plainly enough that to her love was just a convenient thing which might impel one's husband to get one a new set of furs.

towards Occurrences 2%

She heard his leap on the gravel below, and his cautious footsteps receding towards the park.

on Occurrences 2%

At intervals the stream opens out and forms a clear rush-fringed pool, and the trees receding on either bank leave a lovely grassy glade, where the deer and nilghau come to drink.

beyond Occurrences 2%

In this condition it remains for many a year, until at length, toward the end of some auspicious cluster of seasons, the glacier recedes beyond the upper margin of the basin, leaving it open from shore to shore for the first time, thousands of years after its conception beneath the glacier that excavated its basin.

by Occurrences 2%

The ice was frozen close to every part of the vessel's bottom to a depth of several feet, following her mould, a circumstance that would necessarily prevent her settling in the water below her timbers; but, as there was no telling when this ice might begin to recede by melting, it was deemed prudent to use this precaution.

out Occurrences 2%

Conclusive blows will have receded out of the imagination of the contending Powers.

for Occurrences 1%

The cult of Maitreya, which was always more revolutionary, receded for a while.

along Occurrences 1%

" I heard her step recede along the hall, and then somewhere a clock struck eight.

beneath Occurrences 1%

And thus He lifted them up and prepared them for His great truth, until at last, in the supreme moment of His earthly history, we see Him yonder on the summit of the mountthe earth beneath Him, the angels gathered above Himwith His hands spread out over His followers, with the summit of Olivet receding beneath His feet.

between Occurrences 1%

The coast receded between the eastern point of the cove to that which terminated the Bay of Torwich, embracing what may be almost termed a champaign country, compared with the barren scenery I have described; and displaying the uneven surface of the richly wooded Park of Dovedale, with the ruins of two castles.

doorwayfor Occurrences 1%

And then I hastily drew the terrified child with me into the shade of a receding doorwayfor the mad flood came raving over its bounds toward us.

down Occurrences 1%

He hesitated, and then we heard footsteps receding down the corridor.

during Occurrences 1%

As the waters recede during October, after the rains have ended, each runlet and purling stream becomes a scene of slaughter on a most reckless and improvident scale.

after Occurrences 1%

The rule on such occasions was, that, if the party should endeavour to recede after this exhortation, he would have received fifty blows of a bamboo, and have been immediately sent out of the country: but if he persisted in his appeal, he was immediately admitted to an audience of the emperor.

through Occurrences 1%

Some readers may think of it as a frantic revel of grim skeletons, or perhapslike me in my boyish musingsimagine nameless shapes with Death and Hell gleaming in their faces, each clasping a mortal beguiled to its embrace, all flitting and floating round and round to unearthly music, and gradually receding through vast mysterious gloom till they are lost in its horrible obscurity.

Which preposition to use with  recede