Which preposition to use with lilting

of Occurrences 20%

As I went I remember that always a little ahead I seemed to hear the merry lilt of Ringan's whistling.

in Occurrences 4%

Ringan's tunes, a brisk one this time, lilted in my ear.

of Occurrences 2%

But now, even as he went, slow and ever slower, he lifted heavy head and turned about, for above the leafy stirrings rose the mournful lilting of a pipe, clear and very sweet, that drew nearer and louder until it was, of a sudden, drowned in a cry hoarse and woeful.

to Occurrences 2%

Eerily it tripped and chimed and lilted to its close, and the Maestro swung about and faced them, smiling still, quizzically.

at Occurrences 1%

" There was an interrogative lilt at the end of all his sentences, even when, as now, he was making statements that admitted of no denial.

toward Occurrences 1%

She wore a gay, semi-masculine outfit, bright-colored, jaunty, and she walked with a lilt toward them.

with Occurrences 1%

She was whistling the old tune of "Leezie Lindsay," a merry lilt with the hill wind and the heather in it.

at Occurrences 1%

We'll hear nae more lilting at our ewe-milking, Women and bairns are heartless and wae; Sighing and moaning on ilka green loaning, The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away.

through Occurrences 1%

But that day she did not doubt her eyes, that star dust danced in the waves of sunshine; that the gray snow birds played crack the whip outside the window; that the willow hedge, palpitating in the sunshine, beat time with its silvery branches to the music that lilted through her heart; that the blue in the sky was bluer than it had been, and the sunshine more golden than it ever was in the highest noon in highest June.

Which preposition to use with  lilting