Which preposition to use with cringes

to Occurrences 33%

A short distance from the hotel Wampus gave a queer whistle which brought the bandit cringing to his side.

before Occurrences 9%

Why should we cringe before an inferior essence or command?

at Occurrences 8%

This plain was his; half the Government of Tver was his; the great Volga rolled through his possessions; sixty miles behind him a grim stone castle bore his name, and a tract of land as vast as Yorkshire was peopled by humble-minded persons who cringed at the mention of his Excellency.

under Occurrences 6%

You can only jar against it, and cringe under the agony of the reminder all your life long....

in Occurrences 5%

It appears that for near eight years, Paxton was so high in confidence, that no account was demanded from him; he bestowed pensions at pleasure; he was surrounded, like his master, by his idolaters; and after the fatigue of cringing in one place, had an opportunity of purchasing the taxes of the nation, the gratification of tyranny in another.

of Occurrences 4%

Ask you if a cringe of this murderous nature went unvisited, and if no inquiry was made respecting its circumstances?

like Occurrences 3%

The master grim, the lowly serf that tills his lands; With lordly pride the first sends forth commands, The second cringes like a slave.

on Occurrences 3%

In the starlight Joan stood, tense and white, when from out of the pale mists of the moon-glow he came to her, cringing on his belly, panting and wind-run, and with a strange whining note in his throat.

for Occurrences 3%

Last, to myself, when night comes round me, And the soft chain of thought has bound me, I whisper, "Sir, your eyes are killing You owe no mortal man a shilling You never cringe for star or garter, You're much too wise to be a martyr

from Occurrences 3%

Death did not find the old Saxon stock cringing from him with hysteria and frenzy.

with Occurrences 2%

Not far away a bowed figure all curved and cringing with weak emotiona sight to make men pause and thinkwas Leon de Mogente.

against Occurrences 2%

Street after street, with doors locked, shutters closed, sandbags, mattresses, or little heaps of earth piled over cellar windows; streets in which the only sound was that of one's own feet, where the loneliness was made more lonely by some forgotten dog cringing against the closed door and barking nervously as one hurried past.

beneath Occurrences 2%

The clergy at the north cringe beneath the corrupting influence of slavery, and their moral courage is borne down by it.

during Occurrences 1%

Mark, the third, was in the first stage of consumption and coughed and cringed during the flogging.

behind Occurrences 1%

m'hoosh! m'hoosh!"and from the ridge they looked down upon the open space of the plain, where a team of six dogs was trotting ahead of a sledge, with a man running behind them, urging them on at every other step with that cry of "m'hoosh! m'hoosh! m'hoosh!" Trembling and undecided, the four huskies and the wolf-dog stood on the ridge with Gray Wolf cringing behind them.

toward Occurrences 1%

He cringed toward her, inch by inch, his eyes never faltering.

as Occurrences 1%

He paid no heed to temporary groveling when weighed against subsequent power, and he cringed as before superiors to those men whom he was planning to dominate.

about Occurrences 1%

None of that cringing about Queen.

Which preposition to use with  cringes