Which preposition to use with stoped

at Occurrences 1748%

Pepper followed, stopping at the doorstep to sniff, suspiciously; and carrying his nose up and down the jambs, as though following a scent.

in Occurrences 817%

They stopped in the drawing-room on their way to the door, and Say said to me: "Eh bien, madame, je vous apporte une portefeuille et des felicitations."

for Occurrences 615%

I supposed he had been named to Caracas, South America, or some other remote and unhealthy part of the globe, but when she stopped for a moment, I discovered that the young man was named to Washington.

to Occurrences 493%

There is very little informal receiving, no more evenings with no amusement of any kind provided, and a small table at one end of the room with orangeade and cakes, which I remember when I was first married (and always in Lent the quartet of the Conservatoire playing classical symphonies, which of course put a stop to all conversation, as people listened to the artists of the Conservatoire in a sort of sacred silence).

with Occurrences 308%

Against the outside of this pen, only about ten feet square, logs were leaned up, the ends of which rested upon the ground, the interstices between them carefully stopped with moss, and

on Occurrences 241%

A baby's care does not stop on the Sabbath, and the average mother is practically on duty, at least over-seeing, day and night, twenty-four hours out of the twenty-four, from one end of the year to the other, no matter how many maids and nurses she may have in her employ!

before Occurrences 202%

" He walked up and down the porch once or twice, with his hands behind him; then he stopped before Mrs. Ashmeade, and smiled down at her.

by Occurrences 70%

It seemed certain that a run might score, and perhaps one would have scored had it not been for an excellent stop by Wagner.

of Occurrences 52%

quoth Beltane, and stopped of a sudden, and thus above the wailing of the wind they presently heard a feeble groaning hard by, and following the sound, beheld a blotch upon the glimmering road.

near Occurrences 45%

Towards noon the O'Flynns came up the creek, and were stopped near the tent by the others.

from Occurrences 45%

It was caused by an outrageous War Office order that fourpence a day should be stopped from the soldiers to pay for the rations they had always got free.

beside Occurrences 38%

Involuntarily he drew rein, and stopped beside the traveler with a look of inquiry.

under Occurrences 35%

The big fellow hesitated; then a happy thought occurred to him: he dragged his captive across the paved playground, and stopping under the gas-lamp which lit up the archway leading into the quadrangle, began a hasty examination of the contents of the latter's pockets.

over Occurrences 25%

"I stopped over night at Cape Vincent, last summer, on my way to 'the Thousand Islands,' on a fishing excursion of a week.

after Occurrences 25%

It went on like a huge machine: that explains why it almost stopped after being damaged by the war, and the whole life of the nation was paralysed while there were very few individual impulses of reaction.

opposite Occurrences 20%

Yet he could see and he followed the diver until they stopped opposite the wreck's port bilge.

outside Occurrences 19%

It stops outside the doorthe door toward which I am being compelled.... There succeeds a short, intense silence; then there comes a sound.

as Occurrences 18%

He had begun to distrust Etta, and there is nothing so hard to stop as the growth of distrust.

between Occurrences 14%

Through the snowy hills the train made its way cautiously, making long and apparently purposeless stops between stations, as if haunted by the fear of arriving too early.

within Occurrences 12%

The levies were stopped within the city.

beneath Occurrences 12%

Take thou this ebon bowl, and cast it down; The ball will roll before thee swift and sure, Until it stop beneath the mountain's side; There stop thou; and, dismounting, leave thy steed, And climb the fearful hill; but oh! beware Thy glance turn never backward on the way!

without Occurrences 10%

He would halt us often, while he went a little way on, and now he turned with so grim a look that we stopped without bidding.

along Occurrences 8%

The former made two stops along the right field line which seemed to be not far from superhuman.

like Occurrences 6%

No and no and no!" King stopped like a man paralysed.

against Occurrences 6%

She was trembling so that occasionally she stopped against a vertigo that went with it, wiped up under the curtain of purple veil at the beads of perspiration which would spring out along her upper lip.

Which preposition to use with  stoped