Which preposition to use with distort

with Occurrences 43%

" Then Mrs. Cox rose, her face distorted with holding back tears, her small high heels digging into and breaking the newspaper at his feet.

into Occurrences 18%

My trivial faults base slander's slime Distorted into foulest crime, And men me worthless deem.

in Occurrences 13%

The Gospel of "the Word made flesh" is not the meaningless cant of some petty sect nor yet the cunning device of priestcraft, though it has been distorted in both these directions; but it can give a reason for itself, and is founded upon the deepest laws of the threefold constitution of man, embracing the whole man, body, soul and spirit.

beyond Occurrences 3%

It feels acutely, its imaginings are fearful, it magnifies and distorts beyond all reason.

as Occurrences 2%

People called this old Knowles an infidel, said his brain was as unnatural and distorted as his body.

from Occurrences 2%

Amidst his sad attendants' groans and cries, The lines of that adored, forgiving face, Distorted from their native grace; An iron slumber sat on his majestic eyes.

at Occurrences 2%

In him, it would always have been in danger of taking morbid shapes and phases; of being over-ridden and distorted at any time by selfishness or wickedness in its object, as it had been by his selfish mother.

on Occurrences 2%

She stood stock still and listened, her shadow distorted on the blind.

to Occurrences 2%

The two men glared at each other, silently, their faces distorted to gargoyles in the leaping and uncertain light.

through Occurrences 1%

If lustful, your heart and mind will be so clouded with the smoke and flames of passion, that everything will appear distorted through them.

like Occurrences 1%

I accosted the sentry who stood mounting guard beside a motor which was thrown up on the side of the road, twisted and distorted like a tin toy one has walked on.

between Occurrences 1%

Life is distorted between jealousy and admiration, and the plain teaching of common-sense is as little understood as the conditions of the fourth dimension or the poetic aspirations of the Simian tongue.

by Occurrences 1%

As light is distorted by passing through a gross atmosphere, so sound reaches us but indistinctly now, and few true names can bring their wondrous messages of power correctly.

for Occurrences 1%

Asia, with India and China, are too much distorted for criticism.

out Occurrences 1%

In the French towns we saw how bravely they strove to carry on their common affairs of life, which were so sadly shaken and distorted out of all normality by the earthquake of war.

alike Occurrences 1%

If, however, I possessed any influence with the enlightened citizens of North America, I should be in no common degree anxious to exert it against those false views of trade and commerce which distort alike the maxims and the policy of her rulers.

Which preposition to use with  distort