Which preposition to use with sores

at Occurrences 47%

They felt a little sore at not getting a single shot at the buffaloes, but the way I had killed them had, they said, amply repaid them for their disappointment.

on Occurrences 38%

An old chief is here with a girl who has a bad sore on her arm.

with Occurrences 37%

She hurried on: "Jack, kneel down at once, and swear that you are perfectly sore with loving me, as that ridiculous person says in Dickens, and whose name I never could remember.

from Occurrences 29%

But Potts and O'Flynn were really sick and sore from their recent slight attack of wood-felling.

of Occurrences 28%

Some day, and I pray that it may be soon, both sides will be dead of their wounds, and there will arise in Scotland men who will preach peace and tolerance, and heal the grievously irritated sores of this land.

in Occurrences 25%

So that night all was ablaze with crackling fires in the woodlands, for though Robin and those others spoken of, only excepting Midge, the Miller's son, had many a sore bump and bruise here and there on their bodies, they were still not so sore in the joints that they could not enjoy a jolly feast given all in welcome to the new members of the band.

to Occurrences 14%

Monday morning I was sent to the field to plow; and, though I was very stiff and my flesh seemed sore to the bone, my skin drawn and shriveled as if dead, I had, at least, to make the attempt to work.

for Occurrences 13%

But it was useless; perhaps the mouth might be sore for a couple of days, but its shape remained unaltered.

about Occurrences 12%

The Colonel, with some display of temper, had given up trying to drive the team only half an hour before, and was still rather sore about it.

as Occurrences 8%

" "Nay, I have not ridden a step to-day," answered Willan, "and I am wellnigh as sore as he.

against Occurrences 8%

And it was so that Melchiades, the bishop of Rome, died, and all the people chose St. Silvester for to be the high Bishop of Rome, which sore against his will was made pope.

over Occurrences 3%

The son of the house had been through the war, had distinguished himself very much, and they were still very sore over their reverses and the necessity of submitting to all the little pin-pricks which came at intervals from Germany.

by Occurrences 3%

It was so sore by reason of trouble, and for all the bitter wounds of the past, and all the fears that beset her life to come, that she walked, not weeping because of being beyond tears, but as it were bleeding, her thoughts being in her little way like those of His upon whose brow there once stood drops as it were of blood; and out of her heart there came a moaning which was without words.

within Occurrences 2%

The success of the plan would be more probable if the conduct of it were left entirely to his wife, but his conscience was sore within him.

behind Occurrences 2%

Eruptions about the head, or sores behind the ears, discharging more or less, will sometimes make their appearance just before the cutting of a tooth, and disappear after it is cut; or it will sometimes happen that, if not interfered with, they will continue throughout the whole period of dentition.

during Occurrences 2%

Where they are wounded, there remain running sores during the distemper, which I don't doubt is a great relief to it.

than Occurrences 2%

I near cried out with the pains of my bruisings; for I was all gone stiff in my sleep, and as that I did be more sore than ever; and this to be because I had fought again, as you do know, and surely had been hurt more by the Four-Armed Man than I had known.

through Occurrences 1%

A crack city regiment was detailed to complete the partially finished fort on Sandy Hook and throw up earthworks along the Peninsula; but, as the hands of most of the men became quite sore through wielding shovels and picks, they were relieved and sent to garrison Governor's Island, where they gave exhibition drills daily, and, on Friday evenings, invited their female friends to hops of the most enjoyable description.

like Occurrences 1%

"We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves.

into Occurrences 1%

To these wild people the protracted discipline of military training is simply a purgatory, and for weeks before the recruiting officers are due, they dose themselves with powerful herbs and physics and fast, and nurse sores into being, until they are in a really deplorable condition.

Which preposition to use with  sores