Which preposition to use with dotting

with Occurrences 262%

They are dotted with brown spots, like freckles upon the face of a fair-skinned girl.

on Occurrences 49%

"The shadows of the flying clouds were very pretty falling on the hills around us, and the villages in the valleys beneath looked like white dots on the green.

in Occurrences 33%

"Sure and ain't the house quiet when they're gone," said Mrs. Watson, looking out of the window across the gleaming landscape, dotted in six places by her generous contribution to the Chicken Hill school.

of Occurrences 32%

The eggs may be ornamented with a little dot of radishes or beetroot on the point.

over Occurrences 31%

These clubs, covering every trade and profession, every duty and every aspiration of women, were dotted over the German Empire.

about Occurrences 25%

In some places, particularly on the 10th Division front, the infantry went forward at a remarkable pace; but guns moved up with them, and by keeping down the fire of machine guns dotted about on every hill, performed services which earned the riflemen's warm praise.

for Occurrences 10%

And he adds: "How much more alluring than the naked fruit from the grocer's sack are these nuts, especially when dots for eyes and mouth are added, and a whole little face is tucked within this natural bonnet.

to Occurrences 8%

Hear him, after finishing his morning's writing, saying to his wife, 'There, Kate, it's done: do look over it; put the dots to the i's, and cross the t's:' and off he went to his walk, surrounded by his children, who were his companions and confidants.

at Occurrences 8%

[Footnote 87: There are two and a half lines of dots at this point.

against Occurrences 7%

By-and-by the sun's glowing ball touched earth at the extremity of the horizon; it disappeared, the fires of sunset burned low in the west, and the figures of the demon and his freight showed like a black dot against a lake of green sky, growing larger as he cautiously stooped to earth.

near Occurrences 6%

CHAPTER XVI "We Must be Friends!" When her father decided not to go to Akimiski, Mary spent a long morning in roaming about Seal Cove, visiting the various little houses dotted near the fish shed, and making herself thoroughly acquainted with the neighbourhood.

along Occurrences 3%

You understand that this is only one of several armies dotted along from Dunkirk in the north to this, which is the most southerly.

among Occurrences 3%

From the park-like eminence we looked down upon the Imperial Palacea large enclosure crowded with yellow-roofed buildings, generally low, and a few trees dotted among them.

like Occurrences 3%

A few dots like those used by the Bushmen give great assistance in creating an imaginary picture, as proved by our general habit of working out ideas by the help of marks and rude lines.

under Occurrences 3%

If you should see or overhear anything that you'd particularly like to remember because it might prove useful to me, note it down by making faint dots under the letters of words you've already written; orbetter yettake along a pocket Bible; they're all religious and respect the Bible.

by Occurrences 2%

It is a rugged country pierced by angry rivers and dotted by lakes, but a gasolene launch brought up supplies, the tents were large and double-roofed, and for a few weeks one could play at pioneering without its hardships.

through Occurrences 2%

In the rich valley the grapes grew full and dark, and the last figs cracked with full sweetness in the sun, the pears grew golden, and the apples red, and all the green silver of the olive groves was dotted through and through its shade, with myriad millions of dull green points, where the oil-fruit hung by little stems beneath the leaves.

of Occurrences 1%

Such is her skill that she sometimes seems to beat the Romantics even on their own ground: her reticences make a deeper impression than all the dottings of their i's.

above Occurrences 1%

document: [A.] Letter with dot below [.A] Letter with dot above [=A] Letter with macron above [.)]

from Occurrences 1%

Until he took the matter in hand, vessels had been obliged to grope around the difficult China coast in total darkness; to-day, thanks to his foresight, lighthouses are dotted from Newchang in the north to Hainan in the south, and a little fleet of three Revenue cruisers serves them.

below Occurrences 1%

document: [A.] Letter with dot below [.A] Letter with dot above [=A] Letter with macron above [.)]

after Occurrences 1%

There was a dot after the name.

Which preposition to use with  dotting