Which preposition to use with flattens

against Occurrences 19%

They stood flattened against the wall.

on Occurrences 11%

The quills were rayed out and flattened on the hinder part of its back, even as if it had lain on that part, but were erect and long between this and the tail.

at Occurrences 9%

to tell why the globe we live on is flattened at the poles!

in Occurrences 8%

It drew him toward them more swiftly and when at last he stopped twenty yards from where the little group lay flattened in the snow, his thick brush waved slightly.

to Occurrences 7%

Be careful to serve the goose before the breast falls, or its appearance will be spoiled by coming flattened to table.

into Occurrences 6%

It flattened into the form of a disc, apparently almost circular, of considerable depth or thickness, visibly denser in the centre and thinner towards the rounded edge.

from Occurrences 4%

It is elongated transversely, flattened from above to below, and narrow at its extremities.

like Occurrences 3%

It seemed as if every energy he possessed was needed just to cling where he was, flattened like a dead mole nailed on a keeper's gibbet.

by Occurrences 2%

On the right the lens is arranged for distant vision, the ciliary muscle is relaxed and the ligament D is tense, so flattening by its compression the front of the lens C; on the left the muscle A is acting, and this relaxes the ligament and allows the lens B to become more convex, and so fitted for the vision of near objects.]

under Occurrences 2%

BEHAVIOUR OF THE SOLE.The horny sole becomes flattened under the action of the body-weight.

with Occurrences 2%

Divide butter into pieces on floured board and flatten with the rolling-pina stoneware bottle, by the way, is much better than a wooden rolling-pin.

over Occurrences 1%

The prickly pear bushes hung flattened over the rocks.

throughout Occurrences 1%

Those of the female are flattened throughout their entire length, are less curved than those of the male, and much smaller, measuring less than a foot along the curve.

before Occurrences 1%

In other instances the writings had a strained and artificial appearance, and had evidently been made with a pencil point which had been flattened before being used.

toward Occurrences 1%

Their cross-section near the base is somewhat triangular in outline, and flattened toward the tip.

towards Occurrences 1%

Lower down the breast these feathers, however, begin to assume more of the ordinary shape; but the shafts still remain very thick and rigid, while each is terminated by a slender, naked filament, hornlike, shining, and somewhat flattened towards the end, where there are a few obsolete radii.

between Occurrences 1%

It was the sewing on, instead of beads, some tinted porcupine quills, moistened and flattened between the nails of the thumb and forefinger.

behind Occurrences 1%

If they exist among the Negritos, I do not know it; the only exception comes from the Tinguianes, of whom I. de los Reyes reports their skulls are flattened behind (por detrás oprimido).

Which preposition to use with  flattens