Which preposition to use with upset

by Occurrences 29%

He was quite upset by the outcry which came from this room at an unhappy moment during the funeral.

about Occurrences 22%

She is quite enough upset about it without that.

in Occurrences 20%

At this point several miners have been drowned by their boats being upset in collision with these rocks.

at Occurrences 17%

I could not help noticing that Jack Durnford was upset at what he had learnt, yet I hesitated just then to put any question to him.

of Occurrences 11%

He even allowed himself to touch one or two in an absent way, and was meditating an accidental upset of the whole collection when a woman he had not seen before, thrust her head out of a rear window, shouting sharply: "Leave those bottles alone.

on Occurrences 10%

Comparatively few of his decisions had been upset on appeal.

over Occurrences 6%

"He was quite upset over it," I added, "His apologies were almost abject.

with Occurrences 3%

I was bouleverséewhat you call upset with amazement, and then he looked up and our eyes met, and he came beneath me and commanded that I meet him that evening.

for Occurrences 3%

What with the lamentations of the ghost-girls and the grumbling of families who had lost an ancestor, the village was upset for a while, and the funny thing was that it was the folk who had complained most of the carryings-on of the youngsters, who made most noise now that they were gone.

from Occurrences 3%

She could not dismiss a vision of a boarding-house in London upset from top to bottom by the grave illness of one person in it, and a distracted landlady who had not a moment even to scribble a post card.

to Occurrences 2%

"Hetty said she'd attend to it," was the reply; "but we are all upset to-day and things are at sixes and sevens.

into Occurrences 1%

Once, when Julius Cæsar was in danger of being upset into the sea by the overloading of a boat, he swam to the nearest ship, with his book of Commentaries in his hand.

after Occurrences 1%

Last night I couldn't sleep; I was just upset after seeing Miss Sniffen, and my head felt wretched.

like Occurrences 1%

"Well," she said, "Mr. Farll being dead, I knew you'd have a lot to do, besides being upset like."

than Occurrences 1%

I wondered why the maid should seem more upset than her mistress, and decided finally that her uneasiness was merely lack of breeding.

behind Occurrences 1%

A hard look came into his eyes, and he rose so abruptly that the chair upset behind him.

as Occurrences 1%

I am not so easily upset as a rule.

Which preposition to use with  upset