Which preposition to use with deformity

of Occurrences 69%

Even so, looking out upon our own spirits, do we not some day rouse to the distortion and deformity of sin?

in Occurrences 18%

For instance, among the most frequent occasions for deformity in modern houses are the dormers, the windows that rise above the roof.

about Occurrences 3%

I've no Deformity about my Person; I'm young, and have a Fortune great as any That do pretend to serve you;

under Occurrences 3%

Bid her wear the multitude of her deformities under a mask, till my leisure will serve to devise some durable and unstained blush of painting.

from Occurrences 2%

In short, the Stoics thought they could not sufficiently represent the Excellence of Virtue, if they did not comprehend in the Notion of it all possible Perfection[s]; and therefore did not only suppose, that it was transcendently beautiful in it self, but that it made the very Body amiable, and banished every kind of Deformity from the Person in whom it resided.

to Occurrences 2%

We do, indeed, import gorgeous silks and luscious sweets from the Indies, but we import, at the same time, the spirit of despotism, which adds deformity to the purple robe, and bitterness to the honied beverage."

for Occurrences 1%

I have no patience with an unfortunate monster trusting to his helpless deformity for indemnity for any impertinence that his arrogance suggests, and who thinks that what he has read is an excuse for everything he says.'

beyond Occurrences 1%

It was his Lordship's foible to overrate his rank, to grudge his deformity beyond reason, and to exaggerate the condition of his family and circumstances.

beneath Occurrences 1%

Had she been a Semiramis, a Messalina, an Agrippina, a Catherine II, or even a Lady Hamilton, the glamor of her exalted political position might have covered up a multitude of gross, vulgar practices, cruelties, barbarities, oppressions, crimes, and acts of misgovernment, and have concealed her spiritual deformity beneath the grandeur of her splendid public vices and irregularities.

before Occurrences 1%

The fog totally disappeared, and the black, rocky island stood in all its rugged deformity before their eyes.

throughout Occurrences 1%

Large secondary and private schools often appoint two, three, or four trained teachers who are jointly responsible for gymnastics, games, dancing, swimming, and the treatment of deformities throughout the school.

with Occurrences 1%

They hide this deformity with as much care as they would conceal teeth that might disfigure an otherwise perfect face.

as Occurrences 1%

The Pope anathematized this deformity as "a mockery of God and the holy Church," and the King forbad craftsmen to make them, and his subjects to wear them.

by Occurrences 1%

The most proper age for removing this deformity by operation, is from that of two years and a half to four years.

Which preposition to use with  deformity