Preposition
at the sight of
When seeing.
Poetry and imagination begin life. A child will fall on its knees on the gravel walk at the sight of a pink hawthorn in full flower, when it is by itself, to praise God for it. Florence Nightingale
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. Benjamin Banneker
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet. Saadi
Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer. Robert Burton
I was never an anti-Semite. ... My sensitive nature revolted at the sight of corpses and blood... I personally had nothing to do with this. My job was to observe and report on it. Adolf Eichmann
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. Stanisław Leszczyński