Which preposition to use with useless

to Occurrences 107%

It was useless to protest, useless to parley.

for Occurrences 91%

Hence, to know the year of indiction is useless for determining the date in old documents of State.

in Occurrences 64%

No more those pearly tears of thine fall useless in the dust No more the jealous fear distract thy bosom with mistrust.

as Occurrences 41%

However, I suppose nothing is so useless as a political discussion (except perhaps a religious one).

by Occurrences 12%

" "Tell it me," I cried, for if there is one thing I love above all others,yea, even yet, when I must sit useless by,it is the tale of brave deeds nobly done.

without Occurrences 11%

We have been told, sir, with great acuteness, that a war cannot be carried on without men, and that ships are useless without sailors; and from thence it is inferred that the bill is necessary.

from Occurrences 9%

A very useful and indeed powerful remedy prescribed in this disease, is sometimes rendered utterly useless from a want of a persevering and also proper mode of applying it, viz.

against Occurrences 7%

The walls, however useless against the best siege artillery, were formidable enough against irregular troops and makeshift batteries; while the warehouses and shipping in the Lower Town were protected by two stockades, one straight under Cape Diamond, the other at the corner where the Lower Town turns into the valley of the St Charles.

with Occurrences 7%

Some natures are antagonized by the shadow of a threat, even if it accompanies a reasonable order; and if we acknowledge that the oil of courtesy is a valuable lubricator in our dealings with grown people, it seems proper to suppose that it would not be entirely useless with children.

on Occurrences 6%

This house may sometimes have rejected bills beneficial to the nation; and if this reasoning be allowed, it might have been wise and just in the commons and the emperour to have suspended our authority by force, to have voted us useless on that occasion, and have passed the law without our concurrence.

after Occurrences 5%

The Germans also had discarded their revolvers, for they had realized they would be useless after their trip through the water.

at Occurrences 5%

We opened fire, trying volleys at first, but the Sappers were useless at that, never having had any training, so independent firing was ordered.

than Occurrences 4%

Shaking his empty powder-horn with a look of deep grief, the Indian warrior threw aside his rifle, now more useless than a pole of equal length, and, a fire of energy beaming from his eye, raised his tomahawk.

of Occurrences 2%

Yet 'twere useless of a surety to ask Sir Marmaduke's consent to her marriage with her French prince.

among Occurrences 2%

The spade is useless among these rocks; and then it is better that the body should remain where it may be seen and claimed, than it should be put out of sight.

before Occurrences 2%

He had twisted Santa Ana, one of the most subtle and self-seeking men of his time, around his finger as if he had been a yard of ribbon; Alvarado, the wisest man ever born in the Californias, was swayed by his judgment; yet all the arts of which his intellect was master fell blunt and useless before this clay-brained priest.

until Occurrences 1%

It was thought impossible to get her down again, there was no business for her, and she lay useless until, the next winter, Anson Northup took out her machinery and drew it across on sleds to the Red River of the North, where it was built into the first steamboat which ever ran on that river.

unto Occurrences 1%

O star supreme hast thou in the daytime hidden thyself, and made useless unto men the wings of their strength and the paths that wisdom findeth, and hastest along a way of darkness to bring on us some strange thing?

like Occurrences 1%

Nothing they said was worth the while, and the evening promised to be useless like the rest.

during Occurrences 1%

Its road-stead, however, is very unsafe, and, being exposed to the north-easterly storms, is perfectly useless during the winter.

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