Which preposition to use with subdue

to Occurrences 43%

Instead, all voices were subdued to a point here.

in Occurrences 24%

The cool and stern policy of the Catholic sovereign bore hard upon the generous spirits of either army, but roused the indignation of the Moors when they found that they were to be subdued in this inglorious manner.

with Occurrences 13%

The common people, easily suppressed by the armies of the Holy Alliance in 1820, had been subdued with difficulty in 1830.

by Occurrences 9%

Besides, their hatred was of the bitterest kind, against a people whom they had been obliged twice to subdue by arms; the great distance, also, made them averse from sending away their citizens among nations so ill-affected towards them.

into Occurrences 9%

She showed, as Tacitus relates, more of the spirit of her husband than of her father, a spirit that could not be subdued into tears or supplications.

without Occurrences 5%

[-36-] When these had perished and the rest had been subdued without performing any exploit of note, he made a campaign against the Pannonians.

at Occurrences 5%

Moreover he directed his attention in turn to the latter themselves, and by now assisting them and now abandoning them incurred full responsibility for great numbers of them being slain and for the fact that the entire region of Pontus and of the Parthians was not subdued at that time immediately after the victory over Pharnaces.

as Occurrences 3%

By the time the two men had reached the second floor landing these many noises had become more accentuated, also more distinct; still muffled and subdued as if proceeding from behind heavy doors, but nevertheless obvious as the voices of men and women in lively converse.

for Occurrences 3%

" His voice, which he was evidently trying to subdue for Sunday, boomed through the still air.

after Occurrences 2%

All of the inhabitants who resisted were subdued after a time, as, indeed, Heaven very clearly indicated to them would occur.

of Occurrences 2%

Many evils of a public nature, which existed in former times, were the offspring of ignorance and superstition, and they were subdued of course by the progress of light and knowledge.

from Occurrences 1%

Nearly thirty years later the same accent is audible, thinned a little by advancing years, and subdued from passion to tenderness, yet as genuine as at first.

on Occurrences 1%

To-night's six-thirty stampede was noticeably subdued on the part of Pa and Al.

through Occurrences 1%

As in his time, the light came subdued through the deep-casemented windows.

throughout Occurrences 1%

Germany is subdued throughout its whole extent; nine kings of different nations have come and cast themselves at my feet, or rather at yours, as suppliants, with their foreheads in the dust.

during Occurrences 1%

However, with the imitativeness of her race and the histrionic ability of her sex, she appeared pensive and subdued during the elaborate double-ring ceremony performed by the Reverend Cleotus Haidus.

under Occurrences 1%

Now therefore, my lord, see and search if there be any wickedness of them in the sight of their God, and then let us go to them, for their God shall give them into thy hands and they shall be subdued under the yoke of thy power.

until Occurrences 1%

A discovery of the true causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued until his Majesty's happy reign; printed in 4to.

unto Occurrences 1%

Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee, even in the midst among the King's enemies.' Consider him who alone fulfilled these words, who fulfils them even now eternally in heaven, King over all, God blessed for ever.

against Occurrences 1%

However, as he had given her a kind of pledge, he did not wish to appear to have acted personally as an impostor, since this would prevent him from treating her as a captive and to a certain extent subdued against her will.

beside Occurrences 1%

At last he sees the seer before his home, And with his monster now toward him come, That walked subdued beside the hermit seer, Thus they upon the rocks above appear.

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