Which preposition to use with starvation

in Occurrences 25%

We knew quite well that it would be an easy matter to die of starvation in that great trackless forest, therefore we kept on undaunted, while the yellow autumn sun struggled through the dark pines, glinting on the straight gray trunks and reflecting a golden light in that dead unbroken silence.

of Occurrences 23%

He never goes far from home since, without a rifle; although with that he has no fear of wolves, yet he concludes that a hunting-knife and a stick are no match for a whole pack of the kritters, when made savage by the starvation of winter.

for Occurrences 12%

It was just that gleam of hungry desire which has starvation for its background.

as Occurrences 10%

Could slavery be maintained where every man eat the bread which himself had earned?where idleness was esteemed so great a crime, as to be reckoned worthy of starvation as a punishment?

on Occurrences 8%

After three days wandering and starvation on the north-midland moors, for hastily and secretly I had travelled by coach as far from Thornfield as my money would carry me, I found a temporary home at the vicarage of Morton, until the clergyman of that moorland parish, Mr. St. John Rivers, secured for meunder the assumed name of Jane Elliottthe mistresship of the village school.

through Occurrences 4%

As the King thus became absolute proprietor of Egypt by consent of the people, whom he had saved from starvation through the wisdom and energy of his prime minister, it is probable that later a new division of land took place, it being distributed among the people generally in small farms, for which they paid as rent a fifth of their produce.

with Occurrences 4%

It is starvation with education,an empty stomach and a cultivated, even though miscultivated, mind.

to Occurrences 4%

Here the sudden change from starvation to a full diet invalided most of them, and Stuart himself was very ill for some days.

from Occurrences 3%

They are among the generals of the great army which wages war against the brute powers of nature all over the world, to ward off poverty and starvation from the ever-teeming millions of mankind.

during Occurrences 3%

The harvests were gathered in, and starvation during the coming winter was, at all events, avoided.

under Occurrences 2%

But when you next see a full company of a hundred soldiers, and reflect that ninety of them have been persuaded to kill and die for you simply through fear of starvation under our country's social systemI say, whether you seek peace or admire war, the thought is horrible; it is hardly to be endured.

than Occurrences 2%

That night we were fired on from all sides, and for eight weeks we were exposed to a daily fusillade from an enemy that counted more on reducing us by starvation than on carrying our defences by storm.

before Occurrences 2%

The loss of three trains more would reduce the troops to the verge of starvation before spring, in case of inability to reach Salt Lake Valley.

at Occurrences 2%

The most that can be done in such cases is to prolong life and to keep actual starvation at bay, and that only it may be for a time!

without Occurrences 1%

Both are young, interesting, and tender hearted; she loves but him, and would die of starvation without him.

by Occurrences 1%

The consequences were that the free negroes of Jamaica, and others of the poorer inhabitants of the British West India Islands were reduced to starvation by being deprived of their usual supplies from the United States.

within Occurrences 1%

Not a few rash beginners have become bewildered, lost all conception of their whereabouts, and perished of starvation within a short walk of a place of refuge.

along Occurrences 1%

These were falling one by one in slow, sure starvation along the banks of the hot, sluggish streams, while thousands of buzzards correspondingly fat were sailing above them, or standing gorged on the ground beneath the trees, waiting with easy faith for fresh carcasses.

Which preposition to use with  starvation