Which preposition to use with beaks

of Occurrences 65%

But as sunlight was born anew in the East a thrill passed over the slumberer, and he became conscious, first of an indescribably delicious feeling of restful ease, then of a gnawing pang, acute as the beak of the eagle for which he at first mistook it.

in Occurrences 14%

"What's the good of talking to police court beaks in a case that is bound to go to trial?

with Occurrences 9%

" This bird, it was asserted, by feeding on the berries, surrounded its beak with the viscid mucus they contain, to rid itself of which it rubbed its beak, in the course of flying, against the branches of trees, and thereby inserted the seed which gave birth to the new plant.

into Occurrences 7%

Extending entirely across the field, they kept line with wonderful accuracy, and as they marched across it, slowly and constantly dug their beaks into the soil as if seeking grubs or worms beneath the surface.

for Occurrences 7%

By a little paraphrase it may be understood to import: "The Eagle has a sharp beak for his enemies, but down on his breast for his friend.

to Occurrences 5%

The whole ten, which formed the front line, skimmed the water with an equal velocity, beak to beak, as if some secret attraction held each in its place, while the humble, though equally light bark of the fisherman steadily kept its position in the rear.

at Occurrences 5%

[To the GREY HEN.]Catch a look at your Cuckoo, by stretching your neck where?Where? THE GREY HEN [Pointing with her beak at the small, round opening at the foot of the door.]

from Occurrences 5%

One branch is of a very peculiar shape, and has a long and pointed nose or beak from which it is called the "Sea Goose," or the "Goose of the Sea."

like Occurrences 4%

to think the mercenary old hunks could dream of sacrificing my lovely Lucy to such a hobgoblin of a fellow as a superannuated dragoon quartermaster, with a beak like Bardolph's in the play.

on Occurrences 3%

When he went downstairs, he rested his beak on the steps, lifted his right foot and then his left one; but his mistress feared that such feats would give him vertigo.

over Occurrences 1%

Some things to remember about the Bluebird Length (from tip of beak over head to end of tail) seven inches.

than Occurrences 1%

It is more difficult to talk with a beak than with a mouth!"

above Occurrences 1%

I seem to remember having lately seen at the Zoo a strange and melancholy fowl, of a tortoise-shell complexion, glaring sullenly from a cage, with that curious look of age and toothlessness that eagles have, from the overlapping of the upper mandible of the beak above the lower; it was labelled the Monkey-eating Eagle.

by Occurrences 1%

They had been built unusually stout and unusually high so as to carry the largest number of marines possible; indeed, they were surmounted by towers, in order that the conflict might be waged from a higher point, as if from a wall: they were further intended to resist the rammings of antagonists and to bend aside their beaks by making the collision more violent.

Which preposition to use with  beaks