Which preposition to use with mutterings

of Occurrences 61%

He caught the muttering of many voices, in which laughter and shouts were brought to the level of a whisper at close hand; and through all this there was a persistent clangor of metallic sounds.

as Occurrences 4%

He was absent-minded; he sat at table with scarce a word; he had little nervous movements, and subdued mutterings as of wrath.

from Occurrences 3%

Another drum is heard; mutterings from the southern end of the town respond.

in Occurrences 3%

The muttering in the distance increased constantly in volume.

about Occurrences 2%

Even my mutterings about interest having accumulated were put down as the desperate resource of embarrassment.

at Occurrences 2%

He jabbered constantly, his mutterings at last coming to her in jumbled words as Benny drew on.

against Occurrences 1%

Mutterings against Breas were rife among the chiefs and their followers when the bard Cairbré, whose mother Etan was also a maker of verses, came to the assembly of Breas.

towards Occurrences 1%

"Confounded imposition!" fumed Mr. Lewisham, and the breakfast table was novel and ominous, mutterings towards anger on the one hand and a certain consternation on the other.

Which preposition to use with  mutterings