Which preposition to use with youngsters

of Occurrences 36%

On the previous evening, returning from the Christmas holidays, exactly twelve had mustered round the big table in the dining-room; no new faces had appeared, and Fred Acton, a big, strong youngster of fourteen and a half, was undisputed cock of the walk.

in Occurrences 24%

It was rather a fine thing for a boy in the Upper Fourth to be accosted in a familiar manner by a prefect, and asked sometimes to visit the latter in his study; and when such things were possible, it was hardly worth while to spend time and attention in carrying on a feud with youngsters in the Third Form.

with Occurrences 14%

The public did not take kindly to the situation when the Naps failed to get into the fight, and the new management had a pitching staff of youngsters with out much of a catching staff to help them out when in trouble.

like Occurrences 8%

" Freeman seemed to these youngsters like a born demonstrator.

at Occurrences 6%

Lester was probably not even in the confidence of the others because since the affair with Landis his nerve had been shattered to bits and the others secretly despised him for being beaten by the youngster at the draw.

for Occurrences 6%

He was, of course, reproved by his colonel; but who could be seriously angry with a youngster for such conduct?

on Occurrences 5%

To see him climbing that hill yesterday, with the youngster on his shoulder, actually made me feel as if climbing hills was the jolliest thing in life.

into Occurrences 5%

The rise of the Washington team from seventh to second place brought its youngsters into the limelight prominently, and of these Foster and Moeller were commended highly.

from Occurrences 5%

'Here comes "Boach" and the "Moonshee,"' yells out an observant youngster from the back verandah.

by Occurrences 4%

But don't anger the youngsters by butting in.

under Occurrences 3%

Since the free schools had been established many a grown man and woman had sighed curiously at the better luck of the youngsters under the new regime.

down Occurrences 2%

"Why do you ask?" "Because I thought, as to-morrow'll be a holiday, I'd get him to take the youngsters down the stream in the scow.

behind Occurrences 2%

A little flash of flaming hate from the dead ashes of things; a quick, darting glance of defiance; a hissed word from a seemingly subdued man or woman; a shrill, hostile whoop from a ragged youngster behind a hedgethings such as these showed us that the courage of the Belgians was not dead.

than Occurrences 2%

The instruction is very good, the food excellent, and a healthier, heartier-looking lot of youngsters than those who enjoy the privileges of this institution cannot be found anywhere.

within Occurrences 1%

It is as bad as if you were in Switzerland, and asked the first child you met to go and fetch Mont Blanc; of course the child would go and have a game of marbles with his companions, and come back without the smallest trace of Mont Blanc in his arms, thereupon you would whip the youngster within an ace of his life.

after Occurrences 1%

"When Dalzell and I were fourth classmen we weren't troubled at all by the youngsters after Christmas.

against Occurrences 1%

He nick-named him "Rosebud;" he talked at him whenever he had an opportunity; he poisoned the minds of the gang of youngsters against him; he spread malicious reports about him; he diminished his popularity, and embittered his feelings, by every secret and underhand means which, lay in his power.

as Occurrences 1%

"Ay, ay, do; the sea is just the berth for such youngsters as these," remarked the old Admiral, clapping his hand kindly on the lad's shoulder.

below Occurrences 1%

You hit the youngster below the belt.

beyond Occurrences 1%

His small head wagged backward and forward as he made the statement, and his evident inability to see that the reference concerned us irritated the youngster beyond measure.

during Occurrences 1%

He went as a youngster during the mutiny, was with the party that relieved Delhi, and saw his first fighting and got his "baptism of blood" upon the "ridge," which was the scene of the fiercest struggle between the English rescuers and the native mutineers.

to Occurrences 1%

Not much later a call sounded summoning the youngsters to the midshipmen's mess.

about Occurrences 1%

So much used I to be delighted with the view from it, while a little boy, that some years before the first pleasure house was built, I led thither from Hawkshead a youngster about my own age, an Irish boy, who was a servant to an itinerant conjurer.

Which preposition to use with  youngsters