Which preposition to use with tigers

among Occurrences 80%

They hear of bootlegging and blind tigers among certain foreign groups.

in Occurrences 75%

He didn't condescend to answer a word, looking for all the world like a tiger in savageness.

of Occurrences 30%

Resolutions were offered that Congressman MORRISEY be pulverized, by some talented femail startin' a opposition club house, employin' none but Tigers of the gentle sects.

with Occurrences 19%

The distant howls of roaming beasts of prey entirely deprived the holy man of his rest, but nothing worse befell him, and when in the morning the small boy, instead of providing the tiger with a breakfast, was heard crying for his own, the besiegers mustered up courage to enter the cavern.

on Occurrences 18%

The tiger on the left of the arch alone abides in its place; the other lies on the ground at the threshold of the gate.

for Occurrences 15%

He is describing a walk over a battlefield on the Ancre after one of our victories there last November: "It is a curious thing to walk over enemy trenches that I have watched like a tiger for weeks and weeks.

at Occurrences 12%

" The packet was received calmly, though the organ which glanced at its seal and its superscription, gleamed with an expression which the credulous gondolier fancied to resemble that of the tiger at the sight of blood.

to Occurrences 11%

The natives consider the death of a tiger cause for general rejoicing, and forming a triumphal procession amid a turmoil such as only Indian beaters can make, they carried the dead tiger to camp.

from Occurrences 10%

While cutting grass in the jungle, with a blanket on his back, the day being rainy, he had been attacked by a tiger from the rear.

about Occurrences 4%

He wished to visit a neighbouring Saheb; and though his servants had warned him that tigers had been frequently seen on that particular road, he had laughed at their fears and told them that the only tiger to be feared was a "man-eater", and that there were no "man-eating" tigers about that district.

through Occurrences 4%

With simple Indian swains, that I may hunt The boar and tiger through savannahs wild, Through fragrant deserts and through citron groves? There fed on dates and herbs, would I despise The far-fetched cates of luxury, and hoards Of narrow-hearted avarice; nor heed The distant din of the tumultuous world.

than Occurrences 4%

"A sunflower seems to me to be more like a tiger than anything else.

into Occurrences 4%

I have heard a story about a little brat named Sambo who made some tigers into butter.

after Occurrences 3%

This put the elephant into a horrible funk, and despite all the efforts of the driver he started off at a trot, hauling the tiger after him.

beneath Occurrences 2%

The Tiger beneath the skin.

from Occurrences 2%

Jean Dubuc was the only one of the young pitchers who proved a star, but his work kept the Tigers from being a lot more disappointing proposition than they were.

by Occurrences 2%

We fed the monkeys with buns, watched the loathly little snakes crawl among the grass in their cages, and then G. began gratuitously to insult a large fierce tiger by poking at it with her sunshade.

as Occurrences 2%

Since that year it would be as well to make acquaintance with a tiger as with him.

in Occurrences 2%

That and the strike of the Tigers in Philadelphia threw a monkey-wrench into the machinery, resulting in a tangle which Jennings was unable to straighten out all the season.

without Occurrences 2%

The Raja retorted "What is a tiger without a tail?

OF Occurrences 1%

LESSON VII TIGERS OF THE SEA [Illustration: A CORAL REEF.]

across Occurrences 1%

Wallah!" was the young Pasha's reply, and he struck the Tiger across the face with his pipe.

against Occurrences 1%

I have often thought, when I was abroad, that if there were no other arguments to prove original sin, the rising of wolves and tigers against man, nay, the barking of a dog against us, is a proof of original sin.

around Occurrences 1%

You don't hear those tigers around talking, do you?

between Occurrences 1%

You've got to a place where you can rake in the dust all day, and dance all night, and go buckin' the tiger between whiles.

Which preposition to use with  tigers