Which preposition to use with nooks

of Occurrences 92%

I made my bed in a nook of the pine-thicket, where the branches were pressed and crinkled overhead like a roof, and bent down around the sides.

in Occurrences 31%

There is a small nest of a place in Leamingtonat No. 16, Lansdowne Circusupon which, to this day, my reminiscences are apt to settle as one of the coziest nooks in England, or in the world; not that it had any special charm of its own, but only that we stayed long enough to know it well, and even to grow a little tired of it.

on Occurrences 8%

And one very lovely afternoon in May, when the Park from his windows looked like a green forest, and puff on puff of perfumed air fluttered the curtains at his opened windows, he picked up his gloves and stick, put on his hat, and went out to walk in the Park; and when he had walked sufficiently he sat down on a bench in a flowery, bushy nook on the edge of a bridle path.

at Occurrences 8%

I leave these curiosities to Porson, and to G.D.whom, by the way, I found busy as a moth over some rotten archive, rummaged out of some seldom-explored press, in a nook at Oriel.

for Occurrences 6%

All the lower portion of the cañon was in gloaming shadow, and I crept into a hollow near one of the upper lakelets to smooth the ground in a sheltered nook for a bed.

under Occurrences 5%

They certainly had a great time of it, visiting all sorts of strange nooks under the guidance of either Roland or Jerry.

by Occurrences 5%

It is no uncommon thing to see a litter of puppies with their mother nestled in a mat placed on purpose for them in a nook by some charitable Mussulman of the neighbourhood; for notwithstanding their merciless military practices, the Turks are pitiful-hearted Titans to dumb animals and slaves.

with Occurrences 5%

I designed rows of houses, all roofs and no chimneys, or all chimneys and no roofs, it didn't matter which so long as there was an ingle-nook with a motto over it.

within Occurrences 4%

"It shall undergo another species of purification," said Solomon Eagle, who was present during these proceedings; "one that shall search every nook within itshall embrace all those columns, and pierce every crack and crevice in those sculptured ornaments; and then, and not till then, will it be thoroughly cleansed.

among Occurrences 4%

It was a small nook among the hills, with a gray precipice behind, the stern front of which was relieved by the pleasant foliage of many creeping plants, that made a tapestry for the naked rock, by hanging their festoons from all its rugged angles.

to Occurrences 4%

In some old haunted nook to sleep, Lulled by the dreary night-bird's scream, That flits along the wizard stream, And there, till morning 'gins appear, The tales of troubled spirits hear.

from Occurrences 3%

Some of these succumbed outright; others unfortunately survived, and clung with feeble and vicious helplessness to the skirts of their manlier fellows; and from them have descended the shiftless squatters, the "mean whites," the listless, uncouth men who half-till their patches of poor soil, and still cumber the earth in out-of-the-way nooks from the crannies of the Alleghanies to the canyons of the southern Rocky Mountains.

as Occurrences 3%

And, in such nooks as this, there may be found many decent working people, who have been accustomed to live a cleanly life in their humble way in healthy quarters, now reduced to extreme penury, pinching, and pining, and nursing the flickering hope of better days, which may enable them to flee from the foul harbour which strong necessity has driven them to.

behind Occurrences 3%

We found a quiet little nook behind a projecting ice cape; from here we could transfer our equipment to the Barrier with comparative safety.

between Occurrences 2%

He found a nook between great masses of rock, almost clear of snow, and left him there while he hurried back to Wabigoon.

like Occurrences 2%

Wherever in life I may be,however brightly its pleasures may shine, or heavily its cares and afflictions press upon menever would I outgrow the inspiration of these early enjoyments; never forget, that, however the great, proud, and contentious world may distract and dishearten, there will yet be peace to the humble and virtuous soul in many a nook like that which sheltered and blest my grand mother's cottage.

amongst Occurrences 2%

Hotter and hotter comes the breath fiery of nature's cookery, until some of the stuffing boils out of one cottage, in the shape of the Oldest Inhabitant, who makes his usual annual remark, that this is the Warmest Day in ninety-eight years, and then simmers away to some cooler nook amongst the greens.

about Occurrences 2%

We ransacked the house, the loft, the barn, the stable, in all their corners, every shed and nook about the premises and were returning hopeless, to wait for daylight to look for him in the lake, when, as I passed the wood-yard (where the fire-wood was stored and chopped), I heard a groan, and, guided by it, found him lying amongst the chips in the torpor of drunken sleep.

beside Occurrences 2%

In the arms of a Gypsy Davy-O. "To-night I shall lie on the cold, cold ground, In the arms of a Gypsy Davy-O!" When his voice died away and she knew he must be gone, she came out again to her nook beside the stream where, a moment before, her dream had filled her.

near Occurrences 1%

He had selected for our camp a protected nook near where the canyon floor bore some patches of sage, the stalks and roots of which would serve for firewood.

beyond Occurrences 1%

If so, we must have out the boat this afternoon, and you will find some fairy nooks beyond the bend that will repay you for exploring them, if you have a taste for a lovely waterscape.

unto Occurrences 1%

But, friends and soldiers, with dispersed bands Go seek out Marius' fond confederates: Some post along those unfrequented paths, That track by nooks unto the neighbouring sea: Murder me Marius, and maintain my life.

out Occurrences 1%

We once saw Charles Lever (Harry Lorrequer's father) build up a towering blaze in a woody nook out of just nothing but what he scraped up from the ground, and his rare ability.

against Occurrences 1%

It lay entirely in the rear of the dwelling; and behind it, again, a small orchard, containing about a hundred trees, on which the fruit began to show itself in abundance, lay against the sort of amphitheatre that almost enclosed this little nook against the intrusion and sight of the rest of the world.

below Occurrences 1%

Certainly his fortune in this matter was superior to that of any other frequenter of the bass nooks below the dam.

Which preposition to use with  nooks