Which preposition to use with uplift

of Occurrences 55%

Joy is a heavenward uplift of lifedeep happiness of spirit.

in Occurrences 33%

He has long been forgotten and the hand which he uplifts in token of the Four Verities, discovered after great agony and temptation beneath the Tree of Wisdom, is now pointed out as the wrathful hand of the demi-god of the Mahabharata.

to Occurrences 11%

" Now, as he spake with eyes uplift to heaven, he espied a faint, blue mist far away above the soft-stirring tree topsa distant haze, that rose lazily into the balmy air, thickening ever as he watched.

with Occurrences 10%

The all-sweeping besom of societarian reformationyour only modern Alcides' club to rid the time of its abusesis uplift with many-handed sway to extirpate the last fluttering tatters of the bugbear MENDICITY from the metropolis.

on Occurrences 5%

Thy potent will instinctive bosoms feel, And here arranging semilunar, wheel; Or marshalled here the painted rhomb display Or point the wedge that cleaves th' aërial way: Uplifted on thy wafting breath they rise; Thou pav'st the regions of the pathless skies, Through boundless tracts support'st the journeyed host And point'st the voyage to the certain coast,

for Occurrences 4%

White men of this type thus made possible a new era of uplift for the colored race by coming north in time to aid the abolitionists, who had for years constituted a small minority advocating a seemingly hopeless cause.

toward Occurrences 4%

May I ask the name of this somewhat audacious gentleman?" "Audacious?" ejaculated Gulian, falling back a step to gaze full at the haughty face uplifted toward him.

from Occurrences 3%

Pass me with thy skirt uplifted from the dusty bloody ground: Many who have been thy victims dead upon this path are found.

into Occurrences 3%

The individual heart, however, must first have been uplifted into praiseful song, before the common ground and form of feeling, in virtue of which men might thus meet, could be supplied.

towards Occurrences 3%

With a sudden sharp effort he turns, and crosses with passionate appeal to the shrine, his arm uplifted towards the carven Christ as if he warded off some accusation.

by Occurrences 2%

I am not sure after all that we ought not to be as uplifted by the memory of Hastings as we are or should be by the memory of Caesar's advent.

above Occurrences 1%

Besides the Montaigu and the Pic du Midi on the right, on the left are the Pêne de l'Heris (5226 ft.) and the Crête d'Ordincède (5358 ft. about), with their wooded crests uplifted above the range of lower hills, dotted with the huts of the shepherds.

behind Occurrences 1%

Woods extend down to the very shores with mountain peaks uplifting behind the woods, and on many islands there are ruins of the castles of old time.

at Occurrences 1%

" A voice without, uplifted at this juncture, as if it had long been expending itself in ineffectual appeals, now summoned Dinah, harshly and emphatically.

among Occurrences 1%

Here was her work of Uplift among the mill girls being justified.

against Occurrences 1%

In the first place, it was almost impossible to traverse the surrounding mountains and deserts, and even if these natural obstacles were overcome, the hand of the avenger was constantly uplifted against the fugitives, who were blotted off the face of the earth, on the theory that dead men tell no tales.

between Occurrences 1%

How had he ever suffered her to flit from him down the rough kopje and turn at the bottom with the old intangible shield uplifted between them?

about Occurrences 1%

His instinct told him they would soon come to such a refuge as they desired, the rocky uplift about him indicating the proximity of many hollows.

Which preposition to use with  uplift