Which preposition to use with yelping

of Occurrences 46%

He had waked as I entered; but, beyond a slight yelp of pleasure, and a soft rapping with his tail, had kept quiet.

of Occurrences 19%

He inquired if I had been troubled with the yelping of that senseless cur, and I answered truly that I had not, that I had slept soundly, and woke with a softened pulse and a cooled brain.

at Occurrences 10%

"Haven't I got enough on my hands without you yelping at me?" "Just the same" "Jim," called King above the incoherent mouthings, "slip your arm through Summerling's and lead him off with you.

in Occurrences 9%

Once only he forgot what was due to his character, and gave a few yelps in holy time.

like Occurrences 9%

The capitano began yelping like a cowardly school-boy, who has been well punched by a lesser and more courageous antagonist.

from Occurrences 7%

Every half minute, an alternate yelp from my ferocious followers, told me too certain that they were in close pursuit.

after Occurrences 6%

Laugh still and follow your courses; doe; let your vices run like your kennels of hounds yelping after you, till they plucke downe the fayrest head in the heard, everlasting bliss.

with Occurrences 6%

Behind him a dog yelped with pain, and above the noise someone shouted: "Here, you kids, let up on that!

for Occurrences 5%

If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?

about Occurrences 3%

Proof of the story seems to me to lie in the fact that at the time of his death wolves prowled and yelped about the camp and two youths were seen riding through the middle of the ramparts.

to Occurrences 3%

Instantly they broke away on the trail, joining their shrill yelpings to the clamor, so different from the ordinary stealthy wolf hunt, and filled with a nameless excitement which they did not at all understand till the reek of caribou poured into their hungry nostrils; whereupon they yelped louder than ever.

on Occurrences 2%

"So you thought you'd yelp on me, did you?"

around Occurrences 2%

He said no more until we reached the village of Bethany, and drew abreast of Lazarus' reputed tomb, where a pack of scavenger-dogs awoke and yelped around the wheels.

near Occurrences 2%

I used to yelp near his Den about midnight, which was his time of rouzing and seeking after his Prey.

under Occurrences 1%

At almost every cabin a dog ran out to blaspheme at the intruder, but a wave of the man's pistol sent them yelping under the floors again.

as Occurrences 1%

At the first blow he yelped as a little cur does when you tread upon its paw.

cur Occurrences 1%

At once the torrent of her words Alarmed cat, monkey, dogs, and birds: All join their forces to confound her; Puss spits, the monkey chatters round her; 30 The yelping cur her heels assaults; The magpie blabs out all her faults; Poll, in the uproar, from his cage, With this rebuke out-screamed her rage: 'A parrot is for talking prized, But prattling women are despised.

in Occurrences 1%

Nielsen and Edd had not followed far before they heard a hound yelping in pain.

like Occurrences 1%

This panting went into a moan, which deepened into a hoarse cry, and then, as he lost hold of himself completely, he began a hideous sort of sharp yelping like a dog.

into Occurrences 1%

" Here Jim Pink yelped into honest laughter at Tump's undoing so that dust got into his nose and mouth and set him sneezing and coughing.

behind Occurrences 1%

I heard a kind of yelp behind me, and there they were in this canoe affairit wasn't properly a boatand, perhaps, twenty yards from land.

to Occurrences 1%

Once when a dog eight months old was wandering on the shore, a big crocodile snapped him up, like a hawk seizing a chicken as its prey; he swallowed this miserable dog under the very eyes of all the Spaniards, while the unfortunate animal yelped to his master for help.

Which preposition to use with  yelping