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FIFTEEN THOUSAND USEFUL PHRASES BY GRENVILLE KLEISER- Preposition "by"

 Preposition "by"



A


affected by externals


allayed by sympathy


animated by victory


appraised by fashion


assailed by conscience


attained by effort


avert by prayer



B


ballasted by brains


beset by difficulties


bound by opinion


branded by defeat



C


characterized by discretion


chastened by sorrow


cheek by jowl


circulated by malice


clogged by insincerity


colored by environment


condemned by posterity


confirmed by habit


consoled by prayer


convinced by argument


convulsed by divisions



D


darkened by shadows


dazzled by fame


depraved by pain


devoured by curiosity


disgusted by servility


driven by remorse



E


embarrassed by timidity


encouraged by success


enfeebled by age


enforced by action


enjoined by religion


enriched by gifts


established by convention


evoked by shame



F


fascinated, by mystery


favored by fortune


fettered by systems


fired by wrath


forbid by authority


fortified by faith



G


governed by precedent


guided by instinct



H


haunted by visions


hushed by denial



I


impelled by duty


inculcated by practise


induced by misrepresentation


influenced by caution


inspired by love



L


learned by rote



M


marked by acuteness


measured by years



N


narrowed by custom



O


occasioned by irritation


oppressed by destiny



p


parched by disuse


persuaded by appeal


portray by words


prescribed by custom


prevented by chance


prompted by coquetry


purged by sorrow



R


racked by suffering


refuted by reason


repelled by censure


restrained by violence


rising by industry



S


sanctioned by experience


shaped by tradition


soured by misfortune


stung by derision


supplanted by others


supported by evidence



T


thwarted by fortune


tempered by charity


tormented by jealousy


tortured by doubt



U


unadorned by artifice


undaunted by failure


undetermined by sorrow


undone by treachery


unfettered by fear


urged by curiosity



V


vitalized by thought



W


won by aggression


worn by time


wrenched by emotions




Preposition "in"



A


absorbed in meditation


affable in manner         [affable = gentle and gracious]


atone in measure



B


barren in intellect


basking in sunshine


buried in solitude



C


call in question


clothed in truth


cloying in sweetness      [cloying = too filling, rich, or sweet]


confident in opinion


confute in argument


contemplative in aspect


cumbrous in style         [cumbrous = cumbersome; difficult to use]



D


deficient in insight


delight in learning


deterioration in quality


difference in detail


diligent in application


diminish in respect


dwarfed in numbers



E


end in smoke


enumerate in detail


experienced in duplicity



F


feeble in influence


fertile in consequence


flourish in luxuriance


founded in truth



G


gaze in astonishment


go in pursuit


graceful in proportion


grievously in error



H


hold in bondage



I


immersed in thought


indulge in reverie


inferior in character


influential in society


ingenuity in planning


instance in point


involved in obscurity



K


kept in abeyance



L


landmarks in memory


languish in obscurity


lie in wait


limited in scope


linger in expectation


listen in amazement


lost in awe


lower in estimation


luxuriant in fancy



M


monstrous in dulness


mysterious in origin



N


noble in amplitude


nursed in luxury



O


organized in thought



P


petulant in expression


plead in vain


pleasing in outline


plunged in darkness


positive in judgment


practical in application


pride in success


protest in vain


pursued in leisure



Q


quick in suggestion



R


ready in resource


recoiling in terror


remote in character


revel in danger


rich in variety


rooted in prejudice



S


schooled in self-restraint


scrupulous in conduct


set in motion


skilled in controversy


sound in theory


stammer in confusion


stricken in years


strides in civilization


striking in character


stunted in growth



T


tender in sentiment



U


unique in literature


unity in diversity


unprecedented in kind



V


versed in knowledge



W


wallow in idolatry


wanting in dignity


waver in purpose


weak in conception


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