Which preposition to use with pointings

to Occurrences 43%

Then arm and arm up the million-candle-power flare of Broadway, content, these two who had never seen a lake reflect a moon, or a slim fir pointing to a star, that life could be so manifold.

of Occurrences 17%

A pair of staring eyes to Bull was like the pointing of a loaded gun.

at Occurrences 9%

and the young girl stood up very straight and tall, her brown eyes flashing, and one hand pointing at me; "will you let that pass?

in Occurrences 8%

Feeble as are my powers, I desire they may be devoted to his cause for the remainder of my days; and I do esteem it a great mercy to have arrived at a clear pointing in this important prospect.

towards Occurrences 6%

"Squaw in wigwam"said the Tuscarora, throwing forward a hand with its fore-finger pointing towards the house.

toward Occurrences 4%

he went on, his gold-topped stick pointing toward the towers of Notre Dame.

out Occurrences 3%

Accordingly, in our notes and prefaces we have confined ourselves to simple and succinct histories of the respective works under consideration, and have avoided, as much as might be, a burdensome repetition of criticisms or anecdotes, in almost every person's possession, or an idle pointing out of beauties which none could fail to recognise.

over Occurrences 1%

He stood, not thrown back like Macbeth, but drawn forward, on tiptoe, with neck reached out, form erect, but lax, one arm extended, and one long diaphanous finger pointing over our heads at something he saw behind us, but towards which, in the extremity of our terror, we dared not turn our eyes.

round Occurrences 1%

The French flag was fixed against a tree, and painted on a board underneath it were the familiar words, "débit de tabac," with an arrow or two pointing round the corner, but no tobacco shop was in sight.

on Occurrences 1%

On Monday morning Sylvia and Judith found themselves far from ostracized, rather the center of much respectful finger-pointing on the part of children from the other grades who had never paid the least attention to them before.

like Occurrences 1%

And the stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things that matter for a nation; the great peaks of honour we had forgottenduty and patriotism clad in glittering white: the great pinnacle of sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.

into Occurrences 1%

I got so used to a bayonet pointing into the pit of my stomach that it hardly looks natural in a vertical position.

with Occurrences 1%

Master Ratsey made another excuse that he did not need the hammer now, as he had found out that all that was wanted was a little pointing with new mortar.

Which preposition to use with  pointings