Which preposition to use with stoning

of Occurrences 753%

It was not until I had meditated upon the matter, for some considerable time, that I fully realized that the extraordinary space of time through which it had stood, was sufficient to have utterly pulverized the very stones of which it was built, had they been taken from any earthly quarry.

in Occurrences 441%

It sought its channel daintily, as streamlets do, feeling among the stones in eddies, quiet pools, miniature falls, and rapids.

at Occurrences 271%

But every boy in the street thinks he has a right to throw stones at me; and tie tin-kettles to my tail; and chase me when I have had the good luck to find a bone; and to set big dogs upon me to worry me when I am faint from hunger and haven't much pluck; and worse than all, chase me and cry "Ki-yi," when I am almost dying of thirst!

to Occurrences 206%

What can I do that shall be a stepping-stone to progress?

on Occurrences 185%

We had accomplished perhaps half the distance, when I heard again the sound of falling stones on the other sidethe side from which we had just come.

with Occurrences 173%

One facetious class-mate, standing close to the sink, offered to sell him by auction; and hammering on the stones with the fragment of a bat handle, knocked him down for threepence to another joker, who said he'd do for a pen-wiper.

from Occurrences 143%

If, however, you are ambitious of a name among the speculative men of your country, this little stone," added he, stooping, and picking up a small stone from the ground, "will answer your purpose quite as well as any improvement in husbandry.

for Occurrences 118%

So, also, we blast rock, in order to get stones for a stone wall, or for the filling of a road-bed.

into Occurrences 69%

Shaking off a momentary sense of fear, I call to the dog; but he takes no heed, and, after calling once more, I throw a small stone into the kennel.

by Occurrences 64%

It is precisely of the same species as those which we threw over in our aerial voyages, and which, though correctly called moon-stones by the vulgar, (who are oftener right than the learned suppose,) some of the western philosophers declared to have been gravitated in the atmosphere.

over Occurrences 45%

"What the Devil do you mean, you lubber, throwing stones over here to scare away the fish?" The bushes parted at the same time, showing Hugh Branning sitting in the end of his boat, and apparently just ready to fling out his line.

out Occurrences 31%

And then if our stiff tongues shall be Mute in the praises of thy deity, The stones out of the temple-wall Shall cry aloud and call Hosanna!

about Occurrences 27%

Ringan, who was in front, stumbled over a little heap of stones about a foot high.

as Occurrences 25%

Those which have fallen at other times, have been real fossils of the moon, and either such stones as this I hold in my hand, or such metallic substances as are repelled from that body, and attracted towards the earth; and it is the force with which they strike the earth, which first suggested the idea of a thunder-bolt.

like Occurrences 20%

Gratton was down on his hands and knees, scratching among the loose stones like a dog digging for a buried bone.

under Occurrences 20%

Every citizen, with his sons, attended, carrying each two stones under his arms; and, if the accused were found guilty, lapidation instantly followed.

before Occurrences 15%

Besides these qualities of form, he is a quick grower, feeds fast, and will easily make from 20 to 25 stone before completing his first year.

along Occurrences 14%

We could see, however, from the long jumps that he was taking, that he was making excellent time, but we frequently noticed, after we had gone some distance, that the prickly pears and stones along his route were cutting his bare foot, as nearly every track of it was spotted with blood.

across Occurrences 13%

One clear afternoon it looked as though one could throw a stone across the intervening water.

than Occurrences 13%

This lusus naturae, or sport of nature, has a very pretty effect, but is oftener found in stones than other substances.

against Occurrences 12%

Getting down on all fours, and managing to hold the stone against his head, Pompey challenged his enemy to combat.

without Occurrences 12%

It was a bleak wide-bitten place enough, looking as if 'twould never pay for turning, and instead of hedges there were dreary walls built of dry stone without mortar.

within Occurrences 11%

If we attend to phenomena taking place in our time, such as a shower of blood, tremendous hail stones weighing a pound each, and containing a stone within them; showers of frogs, and other almost unaccountable occurrences, we must consign them to, "the annals in which science has inserted the facts, she has recognized as such, without as yet pretending to explain them.

beneath Occurrences 10%

I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne, Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.'

above Occurrences 10%

He has gone to his rest, and sleeps in an honored grave, having upon the simple stone above him no lying epitaph), had an old negro who rejoiced in the name of Pompey, and a Merino buck, the latter a valiant animal, that was ready to fight with anybody, or anything, that crossed his path.

Which preposition to use with  stoning