Shower with is the most common pattern when someone receives many things or a substance. Shower on and shower upon are more formal. At and by usually have different grammatical roles.
Use shower with for giving someone many gifts, compliments, or objects. Shower on and shower upon are more formal and focus on directing attention or gifts toward someone. At and by usually introduce direction or means rather than fixed combinations.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use with for gifts, praise, questions, or physical substances.
On is common in formal or written English.
Upon has the same meaning as on but sounds more formal.
At usually introduces time or place, not the object of shower.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Use with, on, or upon when someone receives many things.
✕ They showered her at compliments. ✓ They showered her with compliments.With follows the recipient directly. On follows the thing being given.
✕ They showered on her gifts. ✓ They showered gifts on her.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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It is still used, especially in formal or literary writing, but upon sounds more formal than on.
Yes. You can shower someone with water, rain, or confetti.
At usually gives information about time or place, not the object or recipient of shower.
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