Which preposition to use with sexes

in Occurrences 186%

I passed on, with a feeling of disappointment bordering on disgust, when I came to a room which went far to redeem the character of the sex in my estimation.

of Occurrences 66%

During the earlier part of his Venetian career he had continued to frequent the salon of the Countess Albrizzi, where he met with people of both sexes of some rank and standing who appreciated his genius, though some among them fell into absurd mistakes.

as Occurrences 32%

"Women," said he, "are brought up from their infancy, to regard our sex as their superiors, and to believe that their greatest merit consists in entire devotion to their husbands.

from Occurrences 26%

He was instinctively fond of children and of the other sex from one year old to eighty.

with Occurrences 24%

" "But the poor girl must have some one of her own sex with her.

to Occurrences 22%

During the last few weeks, an attack of dyspepsia had laid the foundation of a mind in the Flowerpot, as it generally does in other young female American boarding-school thinkers, and she was now capable of that subtle line of reasoning which is the great commendation of her sex to a recognized perfect intellectual equality with man.

than Occurrences 22%

The other that it is higher in the female sex than in the male.

for Occurrences 21%

Thy Soul, I thought, was all so; but I see You have your weakness, can dissemble too; I would have sworn that Sorrow in your face Had been a real one: Nay, you can die in jest, you can, false Woman: I hate thy Sex for this.

by Occurrences 14%

The absolute neglect of the masculine sex by writers on these subjects causes them to think that nothing in the way of the aesthetic is expected of them.

on Occurrences 12%

Still, her manner and bearing were always so equable, gentle, and docile that, accustomed to the caprices of the sex on Earth, I had hardly noticed the change.

at Occurrences 10%

"You have too high an opinion of the sex at large, I fear, Mr. Verty," she said; "some of them are very inconstant; you had better not trust Redbud.

into Occurrences 9%

Next to alcohol and tobacco, coffee and tea have supplied more of the needed excitement to mankind than any other stimulants; and, taking the female sex into the account, they stand far above the two former substances in the ratio of the numbers who use them.

through Occurrences 6%

Yet the Homer of sex through the ages is still to come.

under Occurrences 6%

Women themselves, concealing their sex under the disguise of armour, attended the camp; and commonly forgot still more the duty of their sex, by prostituting themselves, without reserve, to the army

among Occurrences 5%

Not the least baffling of these are the disproportionate numbers of males and females in certain kinds of animals, their unequal development, as well as the extraordinary difference between the sexes among certain species, so that they seem as distinct from each other as if they belonged to separate groups of the Animal Kingdom.

during Occurrences 4%

No great change was made in the dress of the two sexes during the tenth century.

before Occurrences 3%

Powers relates (156-61) that, among the California Indians in general, "there is scarcely such an attribute known as virtue or chastity in either sex before marriage.

against Occurrences 3%

did she but know how she is surrounded, (as I then thought, as well as now think,) and what is intended, how much sooner would death be her choice, than so dreadful a situation!'And how effectually would her story, were it generally known, warn all the sex against throwing themselves into the power of ours, let our vows, oaths, and protestations, be what they will!'

without Occurrences 3%

To Lord Hervey's heir, Lady Louisa Stuart has mentioned, Lady Mary wrote a letter of thanks for his honourable conduct, adding that she could almost regret he had not glanced his eye over a correspondence which would have shown him what so young a man might perhaps be inclined to doubtthe possibility of a long and steady friendship subsisting between two persons of different sexes without the least mixture of love.

over Occurrences 2%

I shall give consideration next in order to the question of the inferiority or superiority of one sex over the other.

above Occurrences 2%

In England at this moment we give the vote for a sovereign parliament to persons of the male sex above twenty-one years of age, who have occupied the same place of residence for a year; and enrol them for voting purposes in constituencies based upon locality.

within Occurrences 2%

The temperature at which eggs are incubated and the moisture content of the environment (humidity) influence the sex within the embryo.

in Occurrences 1%

The Two Sexes in Fives or Sixes.

beside Occurrences 1%

There is a lady, Of such a perfect virtue, grace and sweetnes, That Nature was to all our sex beside A niggard, only bountiful to her; One whose harmonious bewtie may intitule All hearts its captive: yet she doats on you With such a masculine fancy that to love her Is duty in you.

between Occurrences 1%

The slightest interest, practically even common civility, shown him by anyone of the feminine sex between the ages of sixteen and sixty, flattered his vanity to such an extraordinary extent that he immediately thought these ladies were in love with him, and it didn't take much more for him to be in love with them.

Which preposition to use with  sexes