Which preposition to use with smarted

of Occurrences 63%

The smart of defeat prompted the futile reply.

under Occurrences 59%

Some of the young deputies, just fresh from the war and smarting under a sense of humiliation, were very violent in their abuse of any Royalist and particularly Bonapartist restoration.

for Occurrences 39%

He would make Jack smart for his arrogance, his insolence, his cursed condescension so soon as they were back among the Caribees.

with Occurrences 39%

Yet I could picture the scene, the leaderless mob surging blindly forward, each man vocal in his own tongue, swaying with rage, many smarting with wounds, uncertain where we had disappeared, yet all alike crazed with a desire to attain the open deck.

from Occurrences 32%

When Fred Brydon went to his work that morning, smarting from the angry words that Evelyn had hurled at him, everyone he met noticed how gloomy and burdened he seemed to be; how totally unlike his former easy good- nature and genial cheerfulness was his strange air of reserve.

as Occurrences 26%

Bella, the parrot, lives with Mrs. Morris, and is as smart as ever.

in Occurrences 23%

Lady Everard, very smart in black, sparkling with diamonds, was already there with Aylmer.

at Occurrences 14%

"Smart at washin' gold out?" "Smarter at pickin' it out."

than Occurrences 12%

That son of your'n, FRITZ, is smarter than a 2 year old heifer.

on Occurrences 10%

" "How many men, about?" "Well, there's right smart on to a million, I reckon.

to Occurrences 8%

Her patient evidently remembered the fall she had had in her sister's room, and possibly the smart to her cheek when it touched the hot iron.

about Occurrences 4%

"Johnnie, you're mighty smart about some things; cain't you see that a cotton mill is bound to either kill or cripple a child?

like Occurrences 3%

The blow smarted like the touch of a whip

over Occurrences 2%

The hospital's still right smart over yonder in the trees.

by Occurrences 2%

" "Then I will sing thee a song of a right good knight of Arthur's court, and how he cured his heart's wound without running upon the dart again, as did thy Phillis; for I wot she did but cure one smart by giving herself another.

before Occurrences 2%

Ill and weary, all his nerves smarting with terrific fatigue, as the eyes smart before tears, and yet her ministering had made him a little boy again....

behind Occurrences 1%

"I was big enough to do right smart behind a plow.

within Occurrences 1%

But his soul smarted within him.

Which preposition to use with  smarted