Which preposition to use with whips

in Occurrences 126%

But Dolly must have known the whip in some former life, for even a gesture toward the socket roused her.

to Occurrences 75%

"'Look you,' said she, as she applied the whip to her pony, in a way that brought him, with a bound, across the road directly in front of me (she rode like a belted knight), obstructing my progress, 'Look you, Mr. W,' and there was a red spot on her cheek, and her eye sparkled like the sheen of a diamond, 'let us settle this matter now.

of Occurrences 64%

I can make them do nothing except by thrashing them, and if you like I shall call my headman, and with our whips of rhinoceros hide we will soon make them all believe together!" Like all missionaries, Livingstone was doomed to suffer disappointments.

for Occurrences 59%

It is not the first time you have chosen to take me for a negro, and talked of the whip for me.

with Occurrences 53%

"Stand back, girl!" cried Sizer in a fierce tone; "it's that coward editor I'm after," pointing his whip with trembling hand at Arthur.

on Occurrences 41%

She took down her horse-whip, and while she was glutting her fury with it, I reached out my great black hand, raised it up and received the blows of the whip on it which were designed for my head.

at Occurrences 41%

"Man, if you dare to cross the Border you will be whipped at a cart-tail and clapped into Bedlam as a crazy vagabond.

from Occurrences 27%

" "You had him whipped from the start," murmured Dan confidently, as he sprayed, then rubbed Dave's chest and arms.

over Occurrences 25%

" Dillon swore a blood-curdling string of curses and cracked his whip over the leader.

into Occurrences 22%

Never pausing, the Boy glanced back, vaguely amused, and saw the Colonel plunging heavily along in front of half a dozen, who were obviously out of condition for such an expeditioneyes bloodshot, lumbering on with nervous "whisky gait," now whipped into a breathless gallop, now half falling by the way.

across Occurrences 14%

But the sight of the man with whom he had collided, sobered him as swiftly as the lash of a whip across his face.

through Occurrences 13%

You never see him losing time by going round by the streets, but away he goes over the garden fences like a cat, or he will whip through a house, if standing in his way, as if he were its owner, should the door happen to be open.

about Occurrences 11%

"You see at the phosphor, not?" Even as she whipped about toward the light, Rudolph had seen, with a touch of wonder, how her face changed from a bitter frown to the most friendly smile.

out Occurrences 11%

" "I'm the only girl that'll ever be willing to make a whip out of herself that'll keep you going and won't sting, honey.

like Occurrences 8%

They vote straight indeed on all the main party questions, they obey their Whips like sheep then; but there is a great bulk of business in Parliament outside the main party questions, and obedience is not without its price.

against Occurrences 7%

"To stop, you should press your leg and your whip against your horse's sides; lift your hands a very little, and turn them in toward your body, lean back and draw yourself up.

behind Occurrences 7%

In the trenches the white portion of St. Leger's army worked like men who feel the whip behind them, and our people succeeded in sending six to the hospital or their last resting-place, without receiving a scratch.

as Occurrences 6%

Did he think she was an ordinary squaw, one to be whipped as a matter of discipline by her owner?

around Occurrences 5%

" The wind, which had been extremely variable since dawn, now whipped around a couple of points, swinging the boat's stern to them.

under Occurrences 5%

None were in any way tied or chained; but two white men ("soul-drivers," I suppose) were sauntering about in front of them, each with a cigar in his mouth, a whip under his arm, and his hands in his pockets, looking out for purchasers.

past Occurrences 4%

He kept it going steadily, too, with a sleet of bullets whistling and whipping past him, kept on after a bullet snatched the cap from his head, and others in quick succession cut away a shoulder strap, scored a red weal across his neck, stabbed through the point of his shoulder.

than Occurrences 3%

cried the driver, who was no less distinguished a whip than Lord Maulevrier, and who had recognised the terriers.

off Occurrences 3%

(Whips off coat, takes up other coat, hangs both on pegs.)

towards Occurrences 2%

he answered, with a laugh, and he shook his whip towards the mountains.

before Occurrences 2%

He was grabbed by the neck, held with a grip of iron despite all his struggles, whipped before the gaping school, taken to the door and kicked out in the snow.

Which preposition to use with  whips