Which preposition to use with rut

of Occurrences 23%

Because I whiled away the best fifteen years of my life in an up-State burg, and then, when I came down here too late in life, got in the rut of a salaried man.

in Occurrences 12%

When she recovered the limousine was still rattling forward at a brisk gait but bumping over ruts in a manner that indicated a country road.

like Occurrences 2%

The road presented the usual features of rich cultivated land, a dash of wild forest, a bit of bog, and ruts like drains; and each hamlet or village exhibited a permanent or an ambulating daguerreotype shop.

for Occurrences 2%

Now do you see the necessity of it?" Diplomatic procedure is along well-oiled grooves, and the diplomatist who steps out of the rut for an instant happens upon strange and unexpected obstacles.

by Occurrences 2%

In other offices the younger men are given invaluable experience, and the elder men are prevented from getting into an official rut by a system which requires that all papers should be sent first to a junior, who sends them up to his senior accompanied not only by the necessary papers but also by a minute of his own suggesting official action.

through Occurrences 1%

They are heavy, cumbrous affairs with large wheels, a diameter necessitated by the deep ruts through which a passage was made.

after Occurrences 1%

One lived in a marsh, where there was plenty of water, which frogs love: the other in a lane some distance away, where all the water to be had was that which lay in the ruts after rain.

with Occurrences 1%

The real secret of success is in establishing ruts of a useful kind, ruts with switches that may be operated by the mind at will, or that work automatically when the mind would otherwise wander.

along Occurrences 1%

Weeds overgrew the bases of the pillars, and grass had encroached upon all but a narrow ribbon scored by wheel-ruts along the noble drive.

as Occurrences 1%

One Saturday afternoon, when the roads were frozen into ruts as hard and sharp as iron, and when the Dozen had just started forth to take a number of pretty girls to see a promising hockey game, the villainous old fire-bell began to call for help.

from Occurrences 1%

The brick side-walk was in bad condition, and littered with junk of all kinds, while the road-way was entirely uncared for, and deeply rutted from heavy traffic.

on Occurrences 1%

Ekkassmall jingling vehicles with a dome-shaped canopy and curtains at the sidesdrawn by gaily caparisoned ponies, and containing fat, portly Baboos, jingle and rattle over the ruts on the side roads.

Which preposition to use with  rut