An example of a prepositional phrase is, “With a reusable tote in hand, Matthew walked to the farmer's market.” Every prepositional phrase is a series of words consisting of a preposition and its object. In the example above, “with” is the preposition and “reusable tote” is the object.
The phrase conveys the extreme violence with which the revelers handle the intruder, who is seemingly left without a body.
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