Which preposition to use with sneaks

into Occurrences 36%

"I sneaked into the town after dark, and took the first train north.

out Occurrences 22%

Sneak out of the house directly after evening 'prep,' and meet me in the playground, and I'll show you what it is.

in Occurrences 15%

A draggled, forsaken little street-cat sneaks in the door, with a pitiful mew.

about Occurrences 13%

I thought they'd sneak about that slate, but they didn't.

through Occurrences 11%

Butler has declared them contrabands of war, and a lot of Yankee speculators have been sneaking through the plantations, filling their ignorant minds with promises of freedom, a farm, and a share of their masters' property.

to Occurrences 8%

["Well, where has he sneaked to?"] How in the world should I know?

from Occurrences 6%

The few articles which he may sneak from our study are of inconsiderable value.

after Occurrences 4%

Why they didn't all jump and race and bark as he wanted to, he couldn't see; but he was too polite to do otherwise than as they did, and so he sneaked after them; and one would have thought he knew, as well as the rest, the hellish mission on which they were bent.

for Occurrences 4%

"Trying to make a sneak for it!" boomed Brodie.

along Occurrences 4%

We sneaked along the cliff tops until over the rookeries; then lay flat on our stomachs and peered cautiously down on our quarry.

of Occurrences 4%

They were talking earnestly among themselves meanwhile, for these red sneaks of the forest do not, when alone, maintain that silent dignity with which so many writers, ignorant of their customs, try to invest them.

at Occurrences 3%

At Peter's obsequies I sung no dirge; Nor has my satire yet supplied a scourge For the vile tribes of usurers and bites, Who sneak at Jonathan's, and swear at White's.

around Occurrences 3%

We know now that Paredes is capable of sneaking around the house.

among Occurrences 2%

So his neighbors came to visit him; and some of them called him wise man for coming back, and some called him fool for hazarding himself with Christian; others again did mock at his cowardliness; saying, "Surely, since you began to venture, I would not have been so base to have given out for a few difficulties:" so Pliable sat sneaking among them.

behind Occurrences 2%

He sneaked behind him and caught him by the throat, as the garroters used to do in the fog.

onto Occurrences 2%

So then he waited till night and he was just wondering whether it would be safe to wait till we were all asleep and then sneak onto the boat, when all of a sudden he saw the fellows coming ashore

toward Occurrences 2%

Some of them were already sneaking toward the doorthe ringleaders, the talkers from the townsmindful of their own necks in this change of feeling.

towards Occurrences 1%

Not a native was now near it: a hot, fetid steam kept occasionally bursting from the smothered mass; and the same dog we had seen with the head now crept from beneath the bushes, and sneaked towards the village.

across Occurrences 1%

The quick eye of the Peregrine family was the first to view him, and forthwith both Bill and his brother screamed in unison: "What's that sneaking across Smoke Acre yonder?

outside Occurrences 1%

I had had grounds enough for making a complaint against Meeker and Petrak when I found the little red-headed man sneaking outside my door in the hotel, and the supposed missionary blocking my pursuit on the stairway.

inside Occurrences 1%

But I managed to sneak inside the fortressand then,lost my way!!!

thru Occurrences 1%

The field o' Lexin'ton, where England tried The fastest colors thet she ever dyed, An' Concord Bridge, thet Davis, when he came, Found was the bee-line track to heaven an' fame, Ez all roads be by natur', ef your soul Don't sneak thru shun-pikes so's to save the toll.

by Occurrences 1%

But Ditson was a sneak by nature, and he could not get over it.

under Occurrences 1%

To see him stealthily crouching, or crawling silently and sneakingly after a herd of cattle, dodging behind every clump of bushes or tuft of grass, running swiftly along the high bank of a watercourse, and sneaking under the shadowing border of a belt of jungle, is to understand his cunning and craftiness.

near Occurrences 1%

" "I found him sneaking near my door in the hall," I said.

Which preposition to use with  sneaks