Which preposition to use with stealing

from Occurrences 484%

During their languor, they suffered their sketch of the Mausoleum to be gradually stolen from their hands, and to drop upon the ground.

into Occurrences 220%

A stench of burning, stole into the room.

over Occurrences 160%

Still, I sat watching; while a sort of dreamy indifference seemed to steal over me; banishing altogether the fear that had begun to grip me.

to Occurrences 114%

What is 'the light of life'?" Still other words came stealing to his memory.

through Occurrences 100%

At night two of the scouts, Tradeau and Stillwell, stole through the lines of the Indians, and started swiftly for Fort Wallace to obtain relief.

out Occurrences 92%

No, no, I'll try to force Nature a little, and be civil, or so; but as soon as the Ceremony's over, I'll steal out of Town, whip a way, presto, i'faith.

in Occurrences 67%

We bore somewhat to the right, and I judged that our circuit was completed, and that the time had come to steal in front of the Indian route.

on Occurrences 49%

Gradually, imperceptibly almost, something stole on my eara sound that resolved itself into a faint murmur.

of Occurrences 41%

What next, I wonder?" "You forget the worst thing of allthe stealing of my gun!" grumbled Bluff.

across Occurrences 37%

He saw Mike stealing across the floor, looking very, very hard atsomething.

along Occurrences 35%

I laughed again, this time with better heart, when suddenly, in a moment, the blood was chilled in my veins, a shiver stole along my spine, my faculties seemed to forsake me.

for Occurrences 22%

For now we see plainly that not only the Pope and the ex-Emperor of France will probably disappear this year from the scenes of their glory, but that the Sun, over which a certain dirty mistiness has been stealing for some time past, will be entirely shrouded in the blackness of ruin.

with Occurrences 21%

If it fails it will be because the moon was in the wrong quarter, or the mare was not sufficiently piebald, or the nail was not stolen with sufficient dishonesty, or some mistake of that sort.

at Occurrences 15%

In the cities the ladies throng the balconies of curling iron-work or crowd the plaza where the joust or bull-fight is to be witnessed, or steal at nightfall to the edge of the vega to meet a lover, and sometimes to die in his arms at the hands of bandits.

behind Occurrences 13%

[He looks in the glass, Erminia steals behind him, and looks into it over his shoulder; he is frighted.

towards Occurrences 13%

" The eye of District Attorney Fox stole towards that of his brother official, but did not meet it.

around Occurrences 10%

She felt Cynthia's arm steal around her waist, and Cynthia said softly, "I did enjoy my afternoon.

about Occurrences 10%

Then suddenly the gray eyes lighted, became both shrewd and distant; a malicious little smile stole about the corners of his mouth.

by Occurrences 10%

Mr. Haughton and his numerous friends poured in on the young couple with their congratulations, and a few weeks stole by insensibly, previously to the commencement of the journeys of Sir Edward and his sonthe one to Benfield Lodge and the other to St. James's Square.

past Occurrences 9%

The fugitives by the gate still thought themselves abandoned, when her beak, six feet in air, stole past them, and her lean boatmen, prodding the river-bed with their poles, stopped her as easily as a gondola.

toward Occurrences 9%

More and more she dreaded little Lissy's well-meant visitations; and after nearly an hour she stole toward the door, looking half deliriously for Sister Johnnie.

after Occurrences 9%

Johnnie stole after him, filled with anxiety.

like Occurrences 9%

By this time the rare quality of the morning had stolen like wine into our brains, and you exclaimed, "We will have breakfast out here, under the vines!

of Occurrences 8%

Now you cannot get tea before that hour, and then sit gaping, music bothered perhaps, till half-past twelve brings up the tray; and what you steal of convivial enjoyment after, is heavily paid for in the disquiet of to-morrow's head.

with Occurrences 6%

Contrast this penalty for man-stealing with that for property-stealing.

Which preposition to use with  stealing