Which preposition to use with crackling

of Occurrences 102%

So intolerable it grew that the Doctor paused in his discourse and sternly rebuked them, speaking of the laughter of fools which is as the crackling of thorns under a pot.

of Occurrences 73%

There was a dead hush in the place, nothing but the crackle of the fire and the steady drip of the rain.

in Occurrences 17%

Before this burned a big fire of heather roots and bog-wood, which hissed and crackled in the rain.

like Occurrences 10%

They crackled like whips.

through Occurrences 9%

The edge of the pile was lit, and the flames crackled through the hay below the faggots.

under Occurrences 9%

There was no wind to ruffle the man's hair, no sound of a falling cone or of dead leaves crackling under a squirrel's foot.

on Occurrences 8%

A twig crackled on my left, but it did not disquiet me, and there was a rustling in the thicket which was not the breeze.

in Occurrences 8%

illbut there was the fire crackling in the airtight in confirmation of Deborah's ability to be about the house; or if Pruebut the child was never ill.

with Occurrences 7%

Suddenly there came a gust of wind through the trees, which set them creaking and crackling with vague apprehension, for the wind is always the mischief makerthe tattlerthe brawler who starts the troubleand the peaceful, slumbering absent-minded prairie fire, nibbling away at a few dead roots and grass, had been too much for it.

beneath Occurrences 6%

From time to time I put my hand to the breast of my tunic and felt the paper crackle beneath my fingers.

from Occurrences 3%

Brutus threw another log on the fire, which gave off a brisk crackling from the bed of coals.

across Occurrences 2%

Then suddenly his voice crackled across the room"You know, of course, that you are suspected of Warren's murder?" Silence!

at Occurrences 2%

The canes burnt like shavings, exploding with a perpetual crackle at each joint.

along Occurrences 2%

The paint was beginning to crackle along the rail.

as Occurrences 2%

Continuing down the hillside, I heard a crackling as of stones being split by heat, and presently saw little tongues of flame shooting up from the crevices in the soil almost at my feet, but scarcely perceptible in the brilliant sunshine.

behind Occurrences 2%

The gray morning passed away; the village on the hill sent down busy sounds of labor and cheer; flies buzzed on the sunny pane, doors clicked and slammed in the house, fires crackled behind the shining fire-dogs.

among Occurrences 2%

He crashed and crackled among trees, bushes, logs, loose stones, till he lay bruised and groaning far below.

on Occurrences 2%

When Tharagavverug heard the cymbal and psaltery, hunger and anger came upon him, and he felt as some lord might feel who was held by force from the banquet in his own castle and heard the creaking spit go round and round and the good meat crackling on it.

to Occurrences 2%

" Sure enough, a crackling to the left confirmed this, and the captain, who had listened to Barney's adroit cross-questioning, sent the man with a note to Colonel Sherman, a few rods in the rear.

for Occurrences 2%

Our joints crackled for themselves as we beat the current.

from Occurrences 2%

The arquebuses crackled from the boat in front, but, balls are answering from behind.

into Occurrences 2%

And with the unexpectedness of a bursting shell the surface of the ground before our feet crackled into a ghastly blue flame.

over Occurrences 2%

We went crackling over broken glass, past gaping cornices and holes in the pavement, five feet across and three feet deep, and once passed a house quietly burning away with none to so much as watch the fire.

under Occurrences 1%

They plunged deeper into the forest; no one spoke; only the crackling under foot and certain wood sounds broke the stillness.

against Occurrences 1%

It crackled against his slicker; it beat like hands against his face.

Which preposition to use with  crackling