Which preposition to use with sunrises

to Occurrences 47%

However, so as to get the road finished as quickly as possible they worked from sunrise to sunset.

on Occurrences 30%

Soon after sunrise on Monday, October 1st, an alcatras came to the ship, and two more about ten in the morning, and long streams of weeds floated from east to west.

in Occurrences 28%

The babes were pierced with stakes, the grown folk were scalped and tortured, and by sunrise in that peaceful clearing there was nothing but blood-stained ashes.

of Occurrences 13%

It seemed as though the nation had awakened from a nightmare to a sunrise of health and hope.

until Occurrences 10%

I beg from sunrise until noon, wandering about the streets and past the "pedhis" of the rich merchants, and with luck I obtain six or eight annas.

from Occurrences 9%

He added, however, that it was not impossible to go to the Pyramids at night, remain there till dawn, see the sunrise from the summit, and return before the great heats of the day.

with Occurrences 7%

years ago, Long years ago; and yet I still Gaze through moist eyes upon the Past, The cherish'd, unforgotten Past; Gaze onward through the coming days, And wonder, with a sweet amaze, What sunrise with its rosy light Will bring her to my longing sight; What sunset with its golden glow Will o'er the long-sought slumber flow, Amid whose visions she shall gleam, As once she did through youth's sweet dream, Ah! years

at Occurrences 5%

Faulkner told me that we were to meet the next morning half an hour after sunrise at a place in the forest a mile distant.

without Occurrences 2%

" "Do you mean to say," cried Joyce, "that you have been out here in the field since sunrise without a bite to eat?" Jules nodded.

across Occurrences 2%

On what camps and columns has it looked down through the centuries, since first you saw the strange Hebrews burst with the sunrise across the hills, and chase your countrymen down Ajalonthat day when the victors felt the very sun conspiring with them to achieve the unexampled length of battle.

behind Occurrences 2%

I did not sleep again, but watched the sunrise behind an avenue of poplars, as we passed through Creil, and the woods of Chantilly shining wonderfully in the early morning light.

by Occurrences 2%

I slept soundly through the night, but was awakened before sunrise by my Sicilian landlord.

off Occurrences 1%

And, by the way, now I think of it, I may as well open with a sunrise off Cape Guardafui, and a distant view of the Straits of Babel Mandel, give a passing glance at the sources of the Nile, which lie in that undiscovered region, a brief glimpse at the Mountains of the Moon, and wind up with a splendid sunset in the Bight of Benin.

for Occurrences 1%

How did it get into your head, little one?" Myrtle's sweet face rivaled the sunrise for a moment.

over Occurrences 1%

Did you take kindly to the syllabubs and new milk, the summer sunrise over dewy fields, the pretty dairy-maids, and prize pigs, and daily inspections of the home-farm?

than Occurrences 1%

"Greater is the glory of sunrise than the glory of sunset, for the sunrise promises what shall be, whereas the sunset only tells the glory of the past.

before Occurrences 1%

The saintcall him what you likeis only the man who stands higher up, and sees the sunrise before the people who stand lower down.

against Occurrences 1%

It was bright as sunrise against the hill, and the English saw our Laurent and his officer, no doubt, for they shot them down, and I saw it through my back window.

after Occurrences 1%

After the reigns of Edward and Mary, with defeat and humiliation abroad and persecutions and rebellion at home, the accession of a popular sovereign was like the sunrise after a long night, and, in Milton's words, we suddenly see England, "a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks."

above Occurrences 1%

But our cannon were better served, and every shot did execution among the enemy: and so well did they ply their guns, that before sunrise above thirty discharges were made from our caravel.

Which preposition to use with  sunrises