Which preposition to use with sauntered

about Occurrences 33%

It was, moreover, now remembered by many, and among the rest by the Rev. Joseph Taylor, that he had frequently observed a young lady, in white and green, sauntering about the spot on a St. Lawrence's Eve.

through Occurrences 28%

" They passed him successfully, and were just opposite the entrance, when three more boys sauntered through the doorway.

into Occurrences 27%

It joined itself to reality by a very solid pair of shoulders, and a man sauntered into the twilit mouth of the cavern, removed a cigarette from his lips, and gave them greeting.

along Occurrences 26%

Sauntering along the brook that meanders silently through the meadow from the east, special flowers call you back to discriminating consciousness.

to Occurrences 21%

On our first visit to Ringan at the land-locked Carolina harbour I had thought Shalah's pace killing, but that was but a saunter to what he now showed me.

in Occurrences 19%

Sauntering in any direction, hundreds of these happy sun-plants brushed against my feet at every step, and closed over them as if I were wading in liquid gold.

towards Occurrences 12%

" The following morning Acton was sauntering towards the playground, when Diggory came running up the path in a state of great excitement.

with Occurrences 8%

One day he came upon deck, and, taking his arm as had been my wont, I sauntered with him backward and forward.

across Occurrences 8%

Having said good-bye to his friends by the window, Beaumaroy was sauntering across the room to pay the like courtesy to herself and Naylor.

on Occurrences 7%

Every lover of fine wildness would delight to saunter on a summer day through the flowery groves now occupying the filled-up portion of the basin.

out Occurrences 5%

" The assembly, who for the most part considered the stocks joke very good fun, and were possessed with all the traditional schoolboy hatred for anything in the shape of telling tales, showed their disapproval with a good deal of booing and hissing as Gull sauntered out of the room, and Lucas bent over his accounts with the despairing sense of having lost instead of gained by the encounter.

toward Occurrences 5%

His eye gleamed sarcastically as he sauntered toward the companion-way.

from Occurrences 4%

" Louise sauntered from the house, at this juncture, and sank gracefully upon the grass at her uncle's feet.

after Occurrences 4%

We sauntered after dinner in Sir Alexander's garden, and saw his little grotto, which is hung with pieces of poetry written in a fair hand.

down Occurrences 3%

I confess that until you supplied this information I was feeling profoundly dubious about poor old Gussie's chances of inducing any spinster of any parish to join him in the saunter down the aisle.

by Occurrences 3%

"Why this dead part of town for so many of the boys?" Service men were constantly sauntering by them or chatting in little groups at the curb.

among Occurrences 3%

Similar instances may be found in his other works; as in the Plague of the Philistines, where the Alcibiades of Raffaelle is coolly sauntering among the dead and dying, and with as little relation to the infected multitude as if he were still with Socrates in the School of Athens.

of Occurrences 3%

One fine October afternoon I was leaving the hospital, when I saw the large gate open, and in walked Rab, with that great and easy saunter of his.

at Occurrences 3%

To-night she sauntered at a leisurely pace with no burdens at all; even the cares of the day were thrust into the background for the moment, and she was genuinely lighthearted and happy.

over Occurrences 2%

Redbud is sauntering over the sward, and listening to the wind in the beautiful fallwoods, when, from those woods which stretch toward the West, emerges a figure, which immediately rivets her attention.

past Occurrences 2%

A young man sauntered past her with his hands in his pockets.

within Occurrences 1%

It fell one day to Manuel Mazaro's lot to discover, by sauntering within earshot, that to Galahad Shaughnessy only, of all the children of the Café des Exilés, the good host spoke long and confidentially concerning his daughter.

before Occurrences 1%

A few days after my arrival, walking down "Broadway" (the principal street) I was struck with the figure of a fashionably dressed woman, who was sauntering before me.

behind Occurrences 1%

Whilst sauntering behind the rajah's campong I caught sight of an European woman, who on perceiving herself observed, instantly ran into one of the houses, no doubt dreading the consequences of being recognized.

beside Occurrences 1%

Her companion sauntered beside her, his hands behind him.

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