Which preposition to use with moisten

with Occurrences 141%

"When about to part, we exchanged amaranths I took her hand to bid her adieu, and, without seeming to intend it, our lips met, and the first kiss of love was moistened with a tear.

in Occurrences 9%

"The flour is to be moistened in the hand and kneaded until it becomes a homogeneous mass.

at Occurrences 2%

Yet many a gentle eye has moistened at the conclusion of the story of Isabella; and to recur once more to Orlando's jealousy, all who have experienced that passion will feel it shake them.

for Occurrences 1%

And no doubt he was one of very few personages in England whose eyes Were moistened for that event.

from Occurrences 1%

Cover and cook quickly for forty minutes, moistening from time to time with a spoonful of stock or gravy.

as Occurrences 1%

To tell the plain truth and tell it without the polish of fiction, he was hilariously moistened as to his gullet and he was not thinking of quitting yet; he had only just begun.

over Occurrences 1%

Even as I write, I feel my hand tremble and my eyes moisten over the sad end of one whom I love, though he died before I was born.

to Occurrences 1%

The oraculous glasses have deceived their votaries; shower has succeeded shower, though they predicted sunshine and dry skies; and, by fatal confidence in these fallacious promises, many coats have lost their gloss, and many curls been moistened to flaccidity.

Which preposition to use with  moisten