Which preposition to use with winter

of Occurrences 554%

All the winter of 1876, which saw the end of the National Assembly and the beginning of a new regime, was an eventful one in parliamentary circles.

in Occurrences 476%

I found the first winter in Paris as the wife of a French deputy rather trying, so different from the easy, pleasant life in Rome.

at Occurrences 125%

One cold winter at Bourneville, when we had our house full of people, there was a sudden call for blankets.

with Occurrences 89%

The time for this kind of work was nearly over for the year, and I began to look forward with delight to the approaching winter with its wondrous storms, when I would be warmly snow-bound in my Yosemite cabin with plenty of bread and books; but a tinge of regret came on when I considered that possibly I might not see this favorite region again until the next summer, excepting distant views from the heights about the Yosemite walls.

on Occurrences 71%

Sheer precipices of crystalline snow rise out of deep water on the south, keeping perpetual winter on that side, but there is a fine summery spot on the other, notwithstanding the lake is only about 300 yards wide.

to Occurrences 43%

As far as I have been able to find out, these upper lakes are snow-buried in winter to a depth of about thirty-five or forty feet, and those most exposed to avalanches, to a depth of even a hundred feet or more.

for Occurrences 40%

In winter for our work we thus prepare; Then in the spring, bearing the sharpened 'share, We to the acres go that south incline, And to the earth the different seeds consign.

than Occurrences 29%

For the swallow follows not summer more willingly than men of these dispositions follow the good fortunes of the great, nor more willingly leaves winter than these shrink from the first appearance of a reverse; such summer-birds are men.

as Occurrences 22%

Yet they not only do not starve that I hear of, but seem to keep in as good case in winter as in summer, though what they find to eat is not immediately apparent.

without Occurrences 18%

There has been a Sitka deer on Wood Island for several years, and he has lived through the winters without harm, as his footprints scattered over the island testify.

from Occurrences 18%

This accident is common in winter from a fall or slip on the ice.

after Occurrences 16%

Louis had spent the first winter after his illness with his mother in the South of France, now he was in Florida, but he wrote regularly, and Evadne answeredwhen she could.

before Occurrences 15%

Winter before last was hard, last winter was harder, and this surpasses all winters known before.

by Occurrences 13%

Large vegetable marrows may be preserved throughout the winter by storing them in a dry place; when wanted for use, a few slices should be cut and boiled in the same manner as above; but, when once begun, the marrow must be eaten quickly, as it keeps but a short time after it is cut.

through Occurrences 13%

Haggard and old, with slow And falt'ring steps, went Winter through the snow, As if its dreary round would ne'er be done The last long winter of their daysbegun Ere yet the latest flush of falling leaves Had faded in the breath of chilling eves; Nor ended in the days of longer light, When dawn and eve encroached upon the night A weary time it was!

under Occurrences 6%

Winter under the TropicsPlans for the Future.

out Occurrences 5%

A howling winter out of doors, a clear fire glowing in my little grate.

about Occurrences 5%

And on this occasion Guthrum, being caught far from home, and without supplies or ships, "keeps the peace well," moving as we conjecture, watched jealously by Alfred, on the shortest line across Devon and Somerset to some ford in the Avon, and so across into Mercia, where he arrives during harvest, and billets his army on Ceolwulf, camping them for the winter about the city of Gloster.

like Occurrences 5%

Entire groves of young trees, from ten to forty feet high, are thus buried every winter like slender grasses.

into Occurrences 4%

She could not see through winter into spring.

near Occurrences 4%

" "Wouldn't we want to put in a part of the winter near West Point?" asked Miss Bentley, smiling, though with a wistful look in her eyes.

between Occurrences 4%

He would put silence and the winter between them.

over Occurrences 4%

" "Well," continued Martin, as he lighted his pipe by dipping it into the embers and scooping up a small coal; "Well, Mark Shuff and a friend of his by the name of Westcott, had a shanty one winter over on Tupper's Lake; they were trappin' martin, and mink, and muskrat, and wolves, when they could get one.

during Occurrences 3%

He missed the submissive servants of Manila, who endured all his peevishness, and who now seemed to be far preferable; when a winter kept him between a fireplace and an attack of pneumonia, he sighed for the Manila winter during which a single quilt is sufficient, while in summer he missed the easy-chair and the boy to fan him.

within Occurrences 3%

To soldiers of this description the senate had assigned the same period of service as to those who fought at Cannae; and as an additional mark of ignominy upon both, they were not allowed to winter in towns, or to build huts for wintering within the distance of ten miles from any town.

Which preposition to use with  winter