Which preposition to use with strands

of Occurrences 121%

"Young man, I suppose your poor deserted mother is looking for you everywhere, and has probably torn out every solitary strand of hair she possesses by this time.

on Occurrences 45%

St Wilfrid's ship, it seems, was stranded on the mud flats, and the quite pagan South Saxons attacked him and the crew, and it was only the rise of the tide which floated the ship that saved them, with a loss of five men.

in Occurrences 34%

It was the one touch to put her with the majority, and leave her mentor stranded in a bleak minority.

at Occurrences 18%

"And when I heard there were parties of the same sort stranded at intervals all along the Lower River" "You sure?" He nodded.

with Occurrences 11%

He had parted from me at the corner of the Strand with only a five minutes' walk before him, and yet he had apparently disappeared.

for Occurrences 8%

On the 7th of July, at day break, the inhabitants of Savannah were assembled on the strand for the purpose of designating the wards of the town, and assigning the lots.

to Occurrences 7%

Turning out of the Temple, Edgar Hamilton walked along the Strand to the Metropole, in Northumberland Avenue, where he was staying.

as Occurrences 6%

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into Occurrences 5%

For years and years, for example, I had looked down that steep hill by the Tivoli site in the Strand into the yawning cavern that opens there, and wondered about it.

from Occurrences 5%

The wonder of these sights impels me into night-walks about her crowded streets, and I often shed tears in the motley Strand from fulness of joy at so much life.

by Occurrences 5%

Age-long labour, strand by strand, Forged the immemorial band; Never thread hath known decay, Never link hath dropped away.

about Occurrences 3%

Her hair was black but soft and silky, and the wind blew it in soft tendrils, now across her brow and now in dazzling strands about the soft felt hat which sat in graceful negligence upon the small and stately head.

below Occurrences 2%

Not that his days were all of teasing and torment, either; for if his comrades did sometimes treat him so, why then there were other times when he and they were as great friends as could be, and used to go a-swimming together in the most amicable fashion where there was a bit of sandy strand below the little bluff along the East River above Fort George.

like Occurrences 2%

Sometimes Jay punctured her first ticket at a time when you and I are asleep, and when the coster-barrows, waving with ferns and fuchsias, move up the Strand like Birnam Wood moving to Dunsinane.

under Occurrences 2%

I imagine him flaunting along the Strand under my umbrella, and throwing a scornful glance at the fellow who was carrying his abomination and getting wet into the bargain.

over Occurrences 2%

When American tourists were stranded over Europe at the outset of the war, with letters of credit which could not be cashed, their route homeward must lie through London.

near Occurrences 2%

Lights were flashing along the strand near Vévey, and it was not difficult to detect, even at the distance at which they lay, the evidences of a strong feeling among the people of the town.

within Occurrences 2%

John Stevens turned slowly about to retrace his steps homeward, half believing it was some terrible dream which had brought him from his bed into the pelting storm, when by the aid of a flash of lightning he saw the Spanish galleon, which had been again stranded within a hundred yards of the beach.

without Occurrences 2%

One old lady has lost her luggage; a working man is stranded without work and wants to get back to England; a commercial traveller has got into trouble with the customs officials and asks for redress.

beside Occurrences 2%

The bait on his hook was gone and not a fish lay on the strand beside him.

amid Occurrences 1%

With light heart the poor fisher moors his boat, And watches from the shore the lofty ship Stranded amid the storm.

toward Occurrences 1%

Virginia had simply told the cabman, who had taken her and her luggage away, to drive along the Strand toward Charing Cross.

unto Occurrences 1%

They sweep o'er the earth with a tempest-like token; From strand unto strand words of thunder are spoken: Already the serf finds his manacles broken, And those of the negro are falling from sight Freedom and Right!

across Occurrences 1%

The lady sits within, a pair of lotus-leaves protecting her nude bust, her hair falling in strands across her thighs.

during Occurrences 1%

E. In Astley, the ship commanded by Pedro Mendoza, is said to have been stranded during the homeward voyage, fourteen leagues from the Aguada, or watering-place of St Blas, and never more heard of.

Which preposition to use with  strands