Which preposition to use with grips

of Occurrences 364%

When the Female Samson had got a good grip of the Giant's belt, and had raised him about five feet from the floor, the Dwarf leaned a little bit forward and ran a pin into the Female Samson's ankle, or thereabouts.

on Occurrences 177%

No one to-day cares much for mere oratory, literary discussion, polemics, or cursory exegesis; "marked ability in writing and in public speaking" means that grip on reality which makes people quiver, repent, believe, adore!

with Occurrences 67%

Now, I was no match for this great being with my ungrown strength, but the lesson of my encounter with the dragoon was burned on my mind, and I was determined to keep out of grips with him.

in Occurrences 44%

All at once passion shook him; he fastened his grip in the shoulder of the larger man, and his fingertips worked toward the bone.

at Occurrences 38%

Hands gripped at him from the gloom, arms strove to clasp him, but his dagger-hand was swift and strong.

to Occurrences 13%

Suddenly a wild excited look came into his eyes, and, leaping up with a shrill cry, which caused all the horses to look round at him, he once more snatched Martin up, and holding him firmly gripped to his ribby side by his arm, bounded off to where a mare was standing giving suck to her young foal.

for Occurrences 11%

and therewith heaved right lustily, felt Beltane yield and stagger, slacked his grip for the final hold, and, in that moment, his arms were burst asunder, he was whirled up, kicking, 'twixt earth and heaven, laid gently upon the sward and, sitting up, found Beltane lying breathless beside him.

like Occurrences 6%

I felt my hands grip like iron on my chair back and my teeth clinch in restraint.

between Occurrences 5%

In the ordinary Heilmann's comber, the upper blade has a groove in its nipping edge, and the cushion plate is covered with cloth and leather, the fibers being held by the grip between the leather of the cushion plate and the edges of the groove in the upper blade, or knife, as it is called.

by Occurrences 5%

This literally means a screw or twist, but in wrestling phraseology, means any grip by which you can get such an advantage over your opponent as to defeat him.

as Occurrences 4%

He was a snake, a cat, slipping out of my grip as by some magic, turning and twisting like an eel, yet unable to wholly escape, or overcome, my strength and skill.

over Occurrences 4%

"I'll take your grips over to the dormitory.

against Occurrences 3%

Best of all was, when they went for another run in the evening, and when Martin was no longer held with a tight grip against the man's side, but was taught or allowed to hold on, clinging with his legs to the man's body and clasping him round the neck with his arms, his fingers tightly holding on to the great shaggy beard.

about Occurrences 3%

In a quick choking clutch of steel-like muscle they gripped about his neck like powerful arms and in another instant he was twisted backward with a force that sent him half neck-broken to the opposite wall.

from Occurrences 2%

For a moment he was stunned, and in that brief second I released his grip from my throat and hurled him backwards beyond the door.

behind Occurrences 2%

His hands were hard gripped behind him, as though he restrained himself by main force from open violence.

into Occurrences 2%

Unconsciously she gripped into hard knots of flesh and bone, both hands, while she bit at her underlip until a red drop of blood started from the gash made in the tender skin by her teeth.

than Occurrences 1%

Whereupon the baby, as though conscious of his narrow escape, smiled and gurgled, and reaching upward clutched the doctor's whiskers with his little hand, which, according to old Jane, had a stronger grip than any other infant's in Wellington.

through Occurrences 1%

"I'd managed to hold onto the grip through it all, you see; but before that day was done I wished I'd lost it.

under Occurrences 1%

Beyond the gates and the immediate bustle of the yard lay night, the road, and dimly-guessed violences; the meeting of man with man, the rush to grips under some dark wood, or where the moonlight fell cold on the heath.

near Occurrences 1%

He held the axe in his hand, gripped near the haft.

during Occurrences 1%

Such was the position and such the state of feeling in which Francis I., at his death on the 31st of March, 1547, left the two parties that had already been at grips during his reign.

round Occurrences 1%

First, the scientific manager was gripped round the body and swung towards the big dynamo, then, kicking with his knee and forcing his antagonist's head down with his hands, he loosened the grip on his waist and swung round away from the machine.

stout Occurrences 1%

So saying, he gripped stout Roger's arm and plunged into the crowd.

Which preposition to use with  grips