Which preposition to use with rejections

of Occurrences 287%

Queen Henrietta Maria cordially greeted her, lamented more than ever her rejection of the "bashful" Charles II., and compared her to the original Maid of Orléans,an ominous compliment from an English source.

by Occurrences 22%

On the contrary, your own version of the negotiations shows only a persistent rejection by Berlin of every peace plan, and a dogged determination to support Vienna in her assault on Serviaan assault which, following the robbery of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria under Germany's protection, could not be endured by a civilised world, and was, therefore, certain to cause war.

in Occurrences 6%

She had thrown him over for my friend, and Henshaw, taking his rejection in bad part, had threatened to expose some questionable incident in her past.

on Occurrences 3%

A proposal on paper would most certainly bring a rejection on paper.

from Occurrences 3%

It is well known that the love of infants, or storge, retires from parents according as innocence retires from them; and that, in the case of men, it retires even to the separation of children from home, and in the case of beasts and birds, to a rejection from their presence, and a total forgetfulness of relationship.

as Occurrences 2%

Rejection as painter of one of the pictures in the Capitol.

to Occurrences 2%

It could not now be answered, for letters between the lines were subject to censorship, and Olympia perhaps shrank from adding to her lover's misery by exposing his rejection to the unfeeling eyes of the postal agents.

than Occurrences 1%

The potentate of the Haymarket was probably less sublimely courteous in his rejection than Kemble.

with Occurrences 1%

One oblique line means simple rejection [Illustration: top right to bottom left arrow]; the other [Illustration: bottom left to top right arrow] means rejection with scorn, as in a line from Lafontaine's fable, "The Lion's Court:" "The monarch, vexed, sent him to Pluto."

before Occurrences 1%

He had been rejected by a lady, in favour of the Tartar king, Mandricardo, and mortified by the publicity of the rejection before his own lord paramount, Agramante, the leader of the infidel armies.

Which preposition to use with  rejections