Which preposition to use with restlessness

of Occurrences 69%

The bust, says the Danish critic, at first sight impresses one with an undefinable classic grace; on closer examination the restlessness of a life is reflected in a brow over which clouds seem to hover, but clouds from which we look for lightnings.

in Occurrences 18%

You are stirred to go on by the restlessness in your heart, and each new place you come to, the spirit of that place enters into you.

under Occurrences 3%

The buffalo, from the slowness of his motions, and his exceeding restlessness under the heat of the climate, is ill adapted to agricultural labor; but the natives are very partial to them, notwithstanding they occasion them much labor and trouble in bathing them during the great heat.

on Occurrences 3%

Dick was gazing in dreamy silence at the jutting rocks and dark caverns, and speculating on the probable number of bears that dwelt there, when a slight degree of restlessness on the part of Crusoe attracted him.

about Occurrences 2%

There was a restlessness about his manner scarcely in keeping with the rest of his appearance.

among Occurrences 2%

And even to-day it is not the memory of the black barbarity of General Dyer that is keeping the undoubted restlessness among the people from breaking forth into violence.

for Occurrences 2%

It is the love of adventure, of excitement, a restlessness for something new, a desire for change.

inside Occurrences 1%

Then, when we will no longer be "amused," and when all this restlessness outside and around us, added to the restlessness inside us, has driven us more than frantic, and the day or the night of their well-meant clamor is nearly over, their strength worn out, and their wits at end,then comes the "soothing syrup," deadliest weapon of all.

by Occurrences 1%

She would wake in the night, and cheat her restlessness by inventions that teazed, while they sometimes diverted her companions.

throughout Occurrences 1%

Uneasiness in the southwest During the years 1788 and 1789 there was much disquiet and restlessness throughout the southwestern territory, the land lying between Kentucky and the southern Indians.

to Occurrences 1%

They no longer denied the supernatural nature of the manifestations, but, with a strange misunderstanding of Mr. Blows's desires, attributed his restlessness to dissatisfaction with the projected tombstone, and, having plenty of funds, amended their order for a plain stone at ten guineas to one in pink marble at twenty-five.

after Occurrences 1%

The people about her were moving in relieved restlessness after the long immobility of the wedding.

unlike Occurrences 1%

I have sat down, and Sir Roger is walking up and down, with a restlessness unlike his usual repose; on his face there is a vexed and thwarted look, that is unfamiliar to me.

with Occurrences 1%

A little later I was going toward the garden when father called after me to say that he was soon starting for a long trip, quite up to Pine Ridge, and that if I cared to go, taking a lunch for both, it might give me a chance to "turn and sweeten" in the sun and cure my restlessness with natural motion.

Which preposition to use with  restlessness