Which preposition to use with revolve

in Occurrences 148%

While in this position, they revolve in their breasts the most bloody and ferocious projects of revenge, and, by a desperate effort, reconcile themselves with death.

around Occurrences 49%

You see, my dear, I honestly believe the world revolves around John Charterisalthough of course I would never admit that to you if I thought for a moment you would take me seriously.

with Occurrences 28%

For the first few seconds Mr. P. fell behind, owing to his fires not yet being properly under way, but the water soon bubbled merrily in his boiler, and his wheels began to revolve with great rapidity.

about Occurrences 27%

The moon revolves about the earth, and is therefore the earth's .

round Occurrences 22%

And further, that because the moon is composed of two sorts of matter, that are differently affected towards the earth in its revolution round that planet, the same parts of its surface always maintain some relative position to us, which thus necessarily causes the singularity of her turning on her axis precisely in the time in which she revolves round the earth.

on Occurrences 19%

My thoughts have now for a long time past so frequently and so involuntarily revolved on the subject that I begin to be very jealous over them, and to query whether it is the workings of self-imaginations.

through Occurrences 11%

For this purpose I placed five smaller bars, passing through the roof and four sides, connected, like the main conductor, with the receptacle or apergion, but so that they could revolve through a much larger angle, and could at any moment be detached and insulated.

like Occurrences 9%

Some dragged at his head and others at his feet in different directions, making him revolve like the hands of a clock.

at Occurrences 9%

Q.What causes the crank to revolve at a uniform velocity?

from Occurrences 7%

" Till ringing, singing on its way The world revolved from night to day, A voice, a chime, a chant sublime Of peace on Earth, good will to men.

by Occurrences 7%

That is, the stem revolves by bowing itself over to one side,is either pulled over or pushed over, or both, by some internal force, which acts in turn all round the stem in the direction in which it sweeps; and so the stem makes its circuits without twisting.

before Occurrences 4%

" All objects have different phases, and the mind which is in perpetual motion, views them from different aspects as they revolve before it.

without Occurrences 3%

" The hand of time revolved without his giving heed, and often night surprised him in his fantastic reveries.

for Occurrences 3%

It was his dream intruding on reality, as a wheel may revolve for a moment longer after the spring breaks.

under Occurrences 3%

" B.J. brushed him aside, and went on: "Now, all you've got to do is to invent a scheme for raising your fire-engine and your firemen up in the air a few feet, and holding them still while the earth revolves under them.

within Occurrences 3%

As we went on I revolved within my mind all the curious circumstances in connection with the amazing affair, and recollected my old friend Jack Durnford's words when we stood upon the quarter-deck of the Bulwark

among Occurrences 2%

She made herself a terror to the neighbourhood by the strictness of her ideas all through the autumn and winter; and in the spring she went up to London, put on her turban and her diamonds, and plunged into the vortex of West-End society, where she revolved among other jewelled matrons for the season, telling herself and her intimates that this sacrifice of inclination was due to his lordship's position.

as Occurrences 1%

My head revolved as on a hidden pivot.

over Occurrences 1%

A tin basin made its appearance on the back gallery, four yards of crash sewed together at the end were made to revolve over the roller, and by way of forcing the experiment to a successful issue orders were given that my own pitchers should be filled only after nightfall.

along Occurrences 1%

And does it not revolve along with the moon, around a common center of gravity, and move with the entire solar system through your local star system at thirteen miles per second?

throughout Occurrences 1%

In the city are works with immense steam power, and from these works endless cables revolve throughout the city, under the roads, in various directions.

to Occurrences 1%

One young man, who might have been a cavalry officer, was riding a queer bicycle which never moved off its pedestal, though its wheels revolved to the efforts of its rider.

across Occurrences 1%

The first arch broke up, and soon after it the second; the flashes of colour appeared less and less frequently; the luminous bands ceased to revolve across the zenith; and in an hour nothing remained in the dark starry heavens to remind us of the aurora, except a few faint Magellan clouds of luminous vapour.

against Occurrences 1%

A brush which revolves against the saws removes the fiber from them at every revolution.

between Occurrences 1%

PLANETOIDS, the name given to a number of very small planets revolving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, originally called Asteroids, all of recent discovery, and the list, amounting to some 400, as yet made of them understood to be incomplete.

Which preposition to use with  revolve