Which preposition to use with sought

for Occurrences 1287%

The whole world, fashionable, political, and diplomatic thronged his salons, and invitations were eagerly sought for not only by the French people, but by the many foreigners who passed through Paris at that time.

in Occurrences 548%

And by divers looks and actions, the sense of which I did but dimly discern at the time, did these youths endeavor in numberless ways to kindle in my heart the fire wherewith their own hearts glowedfire that was destined, not to warm, but rather to consume me also in the future more than it ever has burned another woman; and by many of these young men was I sought in marriage with most fervid and passionate entreaty.

after Occurrences 234%

Sequoia seeds at first brought from twenty to thirty dollars per pound, and therefore were eagerly sought after.

with Occurrences 87%

In secret he wanted to speak, and he spoke, To seek with his lips what his heart long had soke; So he managed to let the truth leak, and it loke.

by Occurrences 56%

It was a wild, bold land he traversed, and thinly peopled; at pains to avoid the larger towns, he sought by choice the loneliest paths that looped its quiet hills; such as passed the time of day with him were few and for the most part peasants, a dull, dour lot, taciturn to a degree that pleased him well.

from Occurrences 48%

a book, whose great object was to benefit the world, without seeking from it any kind of reward!

to Occurrences 45%

No one would seek to under-value the importance of sense discrimination, but it can be exercised without formalism, and it need not be mere discrimination.

at Occurrences 36%

In head-dress high, most reverent, she The temple seeks at early dawn.

as Occurrences 28%

He climbed and ran Till high above Dunskaith he stood to scan The outer ocean for the Viking ships, Peering below his hand, with panting lips A-gape, but wide and empty lay the sea Beyond the barrier crags of Cromarty, To the far sky-line lying blue and bare For no red pirate sought as yet to dare The gloomy hazards of the fitful seas, The gusty terrors, and the treacheries Of fickle April and its changing skies

of Occurrences 26%

Such are the causes, which, singly or together, have frequently swollen with prodigious fictions the page of history; and it is by carefully removing this envelope, that elucidations must be sought of what has hitherto been improperly and disdainfully rejected.

through Occurrences 26%

She whom I had sought through all those months sat at my side, yet powerless to utter one single word.

on Occurrences 23%

Father, God be wi' ye: you have sent your son To seek on earth an earthly day of doom, Where I shall be adjudged, alack the ruth, To penance for the follies of my youth!

among Occurrences 23%

The birds held high carnival around him,nesting in the large cherry tree, playing hide and seek among the fragrant apple blossoms and making the air melodious with their merry songs.

about Occurrences 10%

We hunt the pale face!" While I sought about for an appropriate answer to make, my little neighbors suddenly became calm.

ye Occurrences 8%

"Greeting, brothers!" said he, "why seek ye the death of this our brother?

under Occurrences 7%

He had made his way, thanks to women, whose society he sought under pretext of studying them, but whom he was resolved to use as instruments of fortune.

between Occurrences 5%

Darrell added the of the coins, but not even they brought about the he sought between assets and obligations.

beyond Occurrences 4%

What then remains, but, waiving each extreme, The tides of ignorance and pride to stem? Neither so rich a treasure to forego; Nor proudly seek beyond our power to know: 430 Faith is not built on disquisitions vain; The things we must believe are few and plain:

above Occurrences 4%

Of course, riches were sought above everything, since these furnished the means of gratifying those pleasures which were most valued, or stimulating that vanity whose essence is self-idolatry.

outside Occurrences 3%

This good man, after listening for some time to the story of her restless wanderings after peace, said, "Madame, you are seeking outside what you have within.

along Occurrences 3%

The governor put him into the hands of a surgeon, while we sought along the beach for the corpse of Virginia.

amidst Occurrences 3%

For this the elder brother carved a silent cell of stone, And in its deep and dreary depths he entered, dwelt alone, And strove with scourgings, vigils, fasts, to purify his gaze, And sought amidst these shadows to behold the Master's face.

like Occurrences 3%

The saint or moralist should tread This moss-grown alley, musing, slow, They seek like me the secret shade, But not, like me, to nourish woe!

within Occurrences 3%

With all her ornaments that were her own, She stands with pride before the seventh gate, And Namtar bows to her in solemn state: "Thou hast no ransom to our queen here paid For thy deliverance, yet thou hast said Thy Tammuz thou didst seek within our walls, Turn back!

amid Occurrences 3%

Scorning the sordid soil, aloft she springs, Shakes her white plume, and claps her golden wings; High o'er the fields of boundless ether roves, And seeks amid the clouds her soaring loves!

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