Which preposition to use with quaint

in Occurrences 9%

A CursingThe Gaelic curses are quaint in translation, but terrible in the original.

as Occurrences 6%

Quaint as an old Dutch mill, with its overhanging second story, this fort of rude type answers its purpose well, for only Indians are likely to assail it, and Indians bring no artillery.

than Occurrences 6%

Nothing could be more courteous than the people of the villages, or more quaint than the landscape, consisting mainly of hillocks dotted with horseshoe graves, and monuments to the honour of virtuous maidens and faithful widows, surrounded by patches of wheat and vegetables.

with Occurrences 2%

It looked so quaint with its queer lanterns, its few flags, its children and men in blouses, strolling through the crooked, hilly streets of the old town, to the tap of the drum.

by Occurrences 2%

By all our wanderings in quaint by-ways, By ancient frolics, and by ancient debts,' "Go to the United Bank of Australia forthwith, and stop the notes whose numbersall, alas!

of Occurrences 2%

First came emigrants, "honest miners," "cow-boys," and laborers; Irishmen, Germans, Welshmen, Mennonites from Russia, quaint of garb and speech, and Chinamen.

about Occurrences 2%

There is something quaint about this picture of a thorough-paced scamp, admiringly painted by a virtuous man; forced, in spite of himself, to make it a likeness, and striving in vain to make it attractive.

at Occurrences 1%

It is always worth the trouble, meanwhile, to tumble up on deck, not merely for the show, but for the episodes of West Indian life and manners, which, quaint enough by day, are sure to be even more quaint at night, in the confusion and bustle of the darkness.

beside Occurrences 1%

At the East end of the gallery was the entrance to the corridor of the East Wing; this was shut off from the gallery by two old and heavy oak doors, which looked rather odd and quaint beside the more modern doors of the various rooms.

to Occurrences 1%

The language of the bowling-green sounds very quaint to people unused to the game.

Which preposition to use with  quaint