Which preposition to use with brushed

with Occurrences 98%

Sprinkle with salt and pepper and brush with butter; put on a broiler and cook for five minutes.

of Occurrences 68%

In Angelo, Francesca, Veronese, Botticelli, Titian, Raphael, Tintoretto, and Correggio, the brush of the painter has set forth the adoration of the Church of God.

in Occurrences 67%

Leave them alone; and, taking fresh subjects, dip your brushes in brains, as old OPIE or somebody else said, and go to work with a will.

against Occurrences 55%

Sauntering in any direction, hundreds of these happy sun-plants brushed against my feet at every step, and closed over them as if I were wading in liquid gold.

on Occurrences 37%

Cacti and semi-tropical bushes mingled with brush on the rounded side hills.

past Occurrences 27%

"Good-bye, Marjorie,dear" he whispered as a tall girl in blue brushed past them and entered the door.

from Occurrences 24%

Suppose Sargent were painting a beautiful picture, and one of his pupils, snatching the paint-brush from him, insisted on finishing it, and spoiling ithow would he like it?

for Occurrences 24%

The cloakrooms should be provided with low pegs, boot holes, clothes brushes and shoe brushes: there should be low basins with hot and cold water, enamel mugs and tooth brushes for each child, nail brushes, plenty of towels, and where the district needs it, baths.

over Occurrences 22%

"We'll brush over the incidentals.

into Occurrences 20%

At that moment approached an elderly woman, poorly clad, blind of one eye, lame on one leg, and with her hair brushed into one large curl to hide the blind eyebut in vain, the defect was only the more conspicuous.

to Occurrences 16%

We cautiously landed behind some big rocks, and quickly removing our boots my hunter and I were soon on shore and noiselessly peering through the brush to the place where we had last seen the bear; but he had disappeared.

through Occurrences 16%

The floating grass panicles are scarcely felt in brushing through their midst, so flue are they, and none of the flowers have tall or rigid stalks.

at Occurrences 15%

"I'm going to take another nap, girls, and if anybody dares to wake me up, I'll throw my hair brush at them.

near Occurrences 11%

I heard a shot" "You left your hoss standing in the brush near the house," interrupted Bull, "and you went along on foot.

by Occurrences 9%

When she came to his side and he did not stir, she sought to brush by him.

along Occurrences 8%

Spring was coming, the trees were shaking out their foliage, along the river the wild flowers were beginning to show their tiny faces, but I saw none of these as I broke my way through the brush along the water's edge,for perhaps even now he was asking Dorothy to be his wife, and she was yielding to him.

across Occurrences 7%

In the filaments brushed across the face of my understanding I could discover none so strong as to support an overt act on my part.

between Occurrences 6%

Bake 2 round balls in each muffin pan, brushing between with melted butter.

about Occurrences 5%

" When everything was ready, one of the savages actually touched a match to the various piles of brush about the feet of the unfortunate sophomores.

around Occurrences 5%

In Goochland County, Virginia, an overseer tied a slave to a tree, flogged him again and again with great severity, then piled brush around him, set it on fire, and burned him to death.

beside Occurrences 5%

They had built a wind-break of brush beside the sled and covered the ground with spruce boughs after clearing away the snow.

off Occurrences 3%

Between forty and fifty, that span of years which begin the first slight gradations from the apex of life, the gray hair, upstanding like a thick-bristled brush off Mr. Haas's brow, had not so much as whitened, or the slight paunchiness enhanced even the moving-over of a button.

under Occurrences 3%

But that little brush under the trees on that windy May morning was to have momentous consequences, for it was the beginning of the struggle which drenched the continent in blood.

toward Occurrences 3%

As he neared the sage brush toward which he had been making, Mr. Shirk looked back and to his relief saw the Indian off his horse.

without Occurrences 3%

Some say that Fra Giovanni never took up his brush without first making a prayer. . . .

Which preposition to use with  brushed