Which preposition to use with jawing

of Occurrences 231%

The main lateral moraines that extend from the jaws of the amphitheater into the Illilouette Basin are continued in straggling masses along the walls of the amphitheater, while separate boulders, hundreds of tons in weight, are left stranded here and there out in the middle of the channel.

in Occurrences 20%

In that same moment blind Gray Wolf leaped in with a snarling cry, and fighting under Kazan's belly, she fastened her jaws in one of the cat's hindlegs.

with Occurrences 20%

With three leathern belts, one my own and two borrowed, we made fast his feet and arms, I stuffed a kerchief into his mouth, and bound his jaws with another, but not so tight as to hinder his breathing.

like Occurrences 13%

Thereafter she kept her distance from the water as any sane creature would, avoiding Jaws like the plague.

on Occurrences 8%

" The jaw on Donnegan set.

at Occurrences 7%

The facial artery can be distinctly felt as it passes over the upper jaw at the front edge of the masseter muscle.

for Occurrences 6%

In fact, there was a certain resemblance between the two men; in the set of the jaw for instance, in the gleam of the eye, and above all in an indescribable ardor of spirit, which exuded from them both.

from Occurrences 4%

On examining the denuded alveolar process, I found that a considerable necrosis (death of the bone) had taken place, including the whole anterior arch of the jaw from the first double tooth on the left side to the eye-tooth on the right.

about Occurrences 4%

Jawed about apses and things.

to Occurrences 3%

When viewed in profile the tip of the nose should touch an imaginary line drawn from the extremity of the lower jaw to the top of the centre of the skull.

through Occurrences 2%

To give additional support to the boom, an iron outrigger, extending about 3 feet on each side thereof, is fixed where the boom-sheets are placed, and a strong iron brace extends from the jaws through the outrigger to the boom end.

under Occurrences 2%

She saw the square settled line of the jaw under the beard, the unwavering frown of the heavy eyebrows, the unblinking purpose of the cavernous, mysterious eyes.

without Occurrences 1%

But they can't bandage the jaw without bandaging the head, which I have found has certain advantages.

across Occurrences 1%

Then came the amphibise, gigantic animals of the lizard kind; the sauruses, that could reach with their long necks and ponderous jaws across a street and pick up a man, if street and man there had been.

against Occurrences 1%

A number of ants were biting it, and it writhed at each bite, but did not try to use its long curved jaws against its assailants.

around Occurrences 1%

The diameter of the cross head at the centre is 2 inches, the thickness of each jaw around the bearing 1 inch, and the breadth of each 9/16 inch. 628.

as Occurrences 1%

When Cornstalk's party perpetrated the massacre of the Clendennins during Pontiac's war (see Stewart's Narrative), Mrs. Clendennin likewise left her baby to its death, and made her escape; her husband had previously been killed and his bloody scalp tied across her jaws as a gag.]

beneath Occurrences 1%

It came at last, and his left landed on the jaw beneath Diamond's ear.

beyond Occurrences 1%

Carry not another morsel to the mouth till the other be swallowed, and let each be such as will not stretch the jaws beyond measure; do not take both hands to raise a morsel to the mouth, but, usually, serve yourself with the right hand.

into Occurrences 1%

The dog's efforts were to catch and crush the head; and, shrivelling up her fleshy lips, 'which all the while ran froth,' she kept thrusting the points of her jaws into the circular pit aforesaid, and catching at and fracturing the head.

over Occurrences 1%

He took a firmer hold on the tail, braced himself against a beech trunk; and just as the fox opened his jaws over the goose's throat, he pulled as hard as he could.

than Occurrences 1%

Lancelot recollected now having remarked it before when at church; and having wondered why almost all the youths were so much smaller, clumsier, lower-brained, and weaker-jawed than their elders.

towards Occurrences 1%

When we drew near to its station, it raised its head and displayed one formidable tusk, projecting downwards from its upper jaw towards its breast, whilst part of another, broken by some accident or encounter, offered a less menacing weapon to our view.

Which preposition to use with  jawing