Which preposition to use with crawls

into Occurrences 140%

A short, ragged-edged glacier crawls into it from the south, and on the opposite side it is embanked and dammed by a series of concentric terminal moraines, made by the glacier when it entirely filled the basin.

out Occurrences 93%

The Barristers were crawling out of their dark corners, pale and thin, with hardly a breath in their bodies, as though just coming to life again.

on Occurrences 92%

Then, crawling on hands and knees through the filth and mire, they pulled these trucks as cattle would drag them, whilst their backs were bruised and wounded by knocking against the low roof.

under Occurrences 87%

The shark endeavored to crawl under him, but Mr. P. clung to the bottom.

through Occurrences 86%

We crawled through a briery place to where a gap opened to the vale on our left.

to Occurrences 78%

At this point, Lieutenant Ward and myself, leaving our horses behind us, crawled to the top of a high knoll, where we could have a good view for some miles distant down the stream.

over Occurrences 68%

There were lines crawling over her face too manifold for even the etcher's stroke, and over her little shriveling hands that were too bird-like for warmth.

along Occurrences 46%

In order to reach it I had to cross Dry Creek, a tributary of the Yuba that goes crawling along the base of the hill on the northwest.

about Occurrences 39%

The Swine-creatures still crawled about the walls.

in Occurrences 38%

I moved from tree to tree, crawling in the open bits, and scanning each circle of green dusk before I moved.

from Occurrences 34%

Then, going up too, the spectre appeared also unto two other men, who crawled from behind pauper headstones at his summons; the face of the one being that of J. MCLAUGHLIN, that of the other Mr. TRACY CLEWS.

with Occurrences 30%

All this while a new dog, which I had bought at Kadiak and called Stereke, had crawled with us flat on his stomach, trembling all over with excitement as he watched the bear.

like Occurrences 23%

Flopping and crawling like a crippled chicken, he got out of sight below.

towards Occurrences 18%

Martin stared back at it, but it kept moving and coming nearer, now sitting straight up, then dropping its fore-feet and gathering its legs in a bunch as if about to spring, and finally stretching itself straight out towards him again, its round flat head and long smooth body making it look like a great black snake crawling towards him.

across Occurrences 18%

To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.

toward Occurrences 12%

De Chauxville was crawling toward the revolver in the corner of the room, but he was almost fainting.

at Occurrences 12%

"What talk be this?" grunted Black Roger, threatening of mien, "my lord and I be under a vow and must begone, and want no runaway serf crawling at our heels!"

beneath Occurrences 10%

Together we hungered and bore the chill of the frost, and together we crawled beneath the one fur and lay close to each other.

among Occurrences 8%

In a half wrecked house we heard the voices of Italian peasant women and saw through an open door an ugly, little, dirty child, probably about a year old, crawling among rubbish and refuse.

after Occurrences 8%

When the bear-skin had dropped behind the Boy, and he crawled after Nicholas along the dark passage, he heard the muffled voice of the girl praying: "Oh, Mary, Mother of God, don't let him tell Sister Winifred.

around Occurrences 7%

Here snakes and all vile reptiles crawl around you as you walk, But these you never hear about in Mr. Jordan’s talk; Mosquitoes, too, and sandflies, they will tease you all the night, And until you get quite colonised you’ll be a pretty sight.

for Occurrences 7%

If objects would come to him whenever he desired, it is probable that he would not learn to crawl for a long time.

between Occurrences 6%

However, he mumbled something and crawled between the sheets.

down Occurrences 6%

Why, there is not a heap of dead leaves among which by picking it through carefully you might not find some twenty species of delicate and elegant land-shells; hardly a tree-foot at which, among the moss and mould, you might not find the chrysalides of beautiful moths, where caterpillars have crawled down the trunk in autumn, to lie there self-buried and die to live again next spring in a new and fairer shape.

behind Occurrences 5%

He came in, stamping off the snow; Muff crawled behind the stove, and gave himself up to a fit of metaphysics.

Which preposition to use with  crawls