Which preposition to use with swagger

in Occurrences 22%

" Grundy still continued to brag and swagger in the Lower Fourth, but his attitude towards Jack Vance suddenly underwent a change.

of Occurrences 14%

He sought to counteract the evil effect of this by making a great swagger of parade and preparation to resist when the Allied armies approached the camping-ground allotted to them.

about Occurrences 10%

I shall not say I did hot covet this peerage, for it would be supererogatory; but I am born an American, and will die an American; and an American who swaggers about such a claim, is like the daw among the peacocks.

into Occurrences 8%

" Thus attuned to the world, Sa'di escapes the depths of misanthropy as well as the transports of unbridled license and somewhat blustering swagger into which Omar at times fell.

with Occurrences 6%

Awake, you paltry trulls of Helicon, Or, by this light, I'll swagger with you straight: You grandsire Phoebus, with your lovely eye, The firmament's eternal vagabond, The heaven's promoter, that doth peep and pry Into the acts of mortal tennis-balls, Inspire me straight with some rare delicies,[101]

to Occurrences 3%

"I need room to talk," he said, swaggering to the table.

like Occurrences 3%

"You wear all that jewelry, and swagger like the youngest tribune, to conceal your diffidence.

over Occurrences 2%

Come, you don't swagger over me, my lad!

through Occurrences 2%

No wonder common-sense was all cried down, And noise and nonsense swaggered through the town.

out Occurrences 2%

He was little more than a boy, this murderer, as handsome a lad as ever swaggered out of County Kerry.

along Occurrences 1%

We should never go to Snow Hill without memories of Fagin, or to Eastcheap without seeing Falstaff swaggering along its pavements.

against Occurrences 1%

Would we bethink ourselves, modest, sober, and pertinent discourse would appear far more generous and masculine than such mad hectoring the Almighty, such boisterous insulting over the received laws and general notions of mankind, such ruffianly swaggering against sobriety and goodness.

among Occurrences 1%

They swaggered among their old foes and servants, and ostentatiously disregarded their advice, much to our advantage.

on Occurrences 1%

But he fancied that his only chance with the old man lay in an assumption of prosperity; so he carried matters with a high hand throughout the business, and swaggered in the little dusky parlour behind the shop just as he had swaggered on New-York Broadway or at Delmonico's in the heyday of his commercial success.

towards Occurrences 1%

But the grey-eyed man arose, yawned hugely, and, arranging his puggri and straightening his attire, swaggered towards the door of the room, passed out into a high-walled courtyard, exchanged a few words with the guardian of a low gateway, and emerged into a narrow alley where he was joined by an African-looking camel-man.

up Occurrences 1%

Then through the window suddenly, Badge, stripes and medals all complete, We saw him swagger up the street, Just like a live manCorporal Stare!

after Occurrences 1%

He planted his hat doggishly at the back of his head, stuck his hands into his pockets, and swaggered after his employer.

around Occurrences 1%

McKay was drunk and swaggered around a great deal and finally asked the General to let him take his Indians and follow the volunteers and bring them back.

at Occurrences 1%

While he was swaggering at a Jassy fête, in a costume ablaze with diamonds worth a million roubles, news came to him of a good-looking young lieutenant who was not only installed in his place by Catherine's side, but was actually occupying his own apartments.

by Occurrences 1%

Little I care for your fret and fume I laugh at sorrow and jeer defeat; To doubt and doubters I give the lie, And fear is stilled as I swagger by, And life's a fight and I seek the fray; I am the spirit of Youth; make way!

down Occurrences 1%

No kilted Jock goes with more swagger down Princes Street than Johnny Gurkha down the bazaar of Darrapore, particularly in the evening, when he doffs khaki for the mufti suit of his clanthe spotless white shorts, coat of black sateen, little cocked cap and brightly bordered stockingsa mode de rigueur that would be robbed of its final cachet without the black umbrella, tucked well up under the arm.

from Occurrences 1%

Many a time previously had she trodden it alone, but she had not reckoned on two officers coming swaggering from a cross road down the hill, one of them Sedley Archfield, who immediately called out, "Ha, ha!

Which preposition to use with  swagger