Which preposition to use with irritants

of Occurrences 3%

Russia's short-sighted policy in 1878, in annexing the Roumanian province of Bessarabia as a reward for their valiant support at Plevna, drove the Roumanians into the arms of Austria-Hungary, and for a whole generation not even the perpetual irritant of Magyar tyranny in Transylvania could avail to shake the entente between Vienna and Bucarest, strengthened as it was by the personal friendship of the Emperor Francis Joseph and King Charles.

to Occurrences 3%

But, on the other hand, I must plead guilty to deriving considerable harmless amusement from your efforts to dress as an example and an irritant to all Lichfield.

into Occurrences 1%

The introduction of some counter-irritant into our public school curriculum is now thought to be inevitable.

as Occurrences 1%

The second indication in the treatment is that of applying a counter-irritant as near to the diseased parts as possible.

than Occurrences 1%

Even had he had interests more absorbing than pastimes, display, and money-making by the "brace" game of "high finance" with its small risks of losing and smaller risks of being caught, even if he had been married to a less positive and incessant irritant than Theresa was to him, he would still not have forgotten Adelaide.

under Occurrences 1%

They are prickly and, therefore, perfect as a counter-irritant under very cold conditions, but far too irritating for ordinary wear.

in Occurrences 1%

Danger is often the best counter-irritant in cases of mental suffering; he found a solace in careless exposure of his life, and learned to endure the trials of each day better by dwelling in imagination on the possibility that it might be the last for him and the home that was his.

Which preposition to use with  irritants