Which preposition to use with bruises

on Occurrences 31%

His young brother, jarred by a guilty conscience and fear of Philip, came hastily down the ladder, raising a few bruises on his anatomy as he came.

in Occurrences 27%

He had in this way, I afterwards learnt, gathered some of the richest flowers of the bignonia scarlatina, as well as such fruits as had tempted him by their luscious appearance, and at the same time frightening all the birds from their nests, which he commonly destroyed: and although some of his attendants were occasionally much hurt and bruised in this singular amusement, he still persevered in it.

with Occurrences 15%

And Mathieu, all obstinacy, bathed the child, washing him with a soft sponge for some three minutes, while Marianne, from her bed, watched over the operation, jesting about the delicacy of touch that he displayed, as if the child were some fragile new-born divinity whom he feared to bruise with his big hands.

of Occurrences 14%

The cheeses selected should be free from cracks or bruises of any kind.

from Occurrences 13%

At first we were cut and bruised from that tussle and cudgelling in Aldobrand's house, and it was long before we were recovered of our wounds, for we had nothing but bread and water to live on, and that so bad as barely to hold body and soul together.

for Occurrences 9%

"But He was wounded; He was wounded for our transgression; He was bruised for our iniquities.

to Occurrences 6%

"I might as well explain the pathology of flesh bruises to a donkey who had maliciously kicked me.

against Occurrences 4%

At each lurch of the car over the none-too-smooth track I was bumped and bruised against the narrow walls of my narrow compartment.

about Occurrences 3%

I found my shoulder a little bruised, my wrist very slightly scratched, and yesterday was a little, and but very little, stiffened in my limbs, and to-day have not the slightest feeling of bruise about me, but think I feel better than I have for a long time.

as Occurrences 3%

I cannot submit to a chronic state of blue and green bruise as a form of insurance against an accident.

into Occurrences 3%

On the other hand, they are bruised into a knowledge of themselves and others; they have in a high degree the fencer's pleasure in dexterity displayed and proved; what they get they get upon life's terms, paying for it as they go; and once the talk is launched, they are assured of honest dealing from an adversary eager like themselves.

under Occurrences 2%

Though his shoulder was painful and bruised under the pressure of the blacksmith's rough fingers, Sir Marmaduke did not wince.

like Occurrences 2%

Her face and bosom were bathed in blood, and her body appeared covered with bruises like what the blows of a whip would have inflicted.

near Occurrences 2%

He called my attention to a large bruise near her eye.

past Occurrences 1%

Perhapswho knows?he wished to assure himself that he had forgotten nothing in the mise en scène, that the body, battered and bruised past all semblance of any human shape save for its clothes, really would appear to every one as that of the Hon.

across Occurrences 1%

Certainly it was badly bruised across the knuckles and the skin was broken, too.

above Occurrences 1%

It was not till Ken was bending over the lamp, preparatory to blowing it out, that Phil noticed the bruise above his eye.

without Occurrences 1%

It came home to me as a great blow that it was only men who could take the world by its ears and conquer their fate, while women, metaphorically speaking, were forced to sit with tied hands and patiently suffer as the waves of fate tossed them hither and thither, battering and bruising without mercy.

by Occurrences 1%

I will be sure of being well in an hour or two, having formerly found great benefit by this astringent medicine, on occasion of an inward bruise by a fall from my horse in hunting, of which perhaps this malady may be the remains.

between Occurrences 1%

But then Marimonda, with her hand constantly pressed against her side, was with the other seizing various herbs, which she tasted, bruised between her teeth, and applied to her wound; useless remedies, doubtless, for, grown meagre, her hair dull and bristling, she seemed to have but a few days to live, and Selkirk thought her not worth a charge of powder and shot.

at Occurrences 1%

Detective Inspector Howell discovered close to the window a wrought-iron gas bracket, the height of which corresponded exactly with the bruise at the back of Mrs. Owen's head.

Which preposition to use with  bruises