Which preposition to use with snuffing

in Occurrences 14%

Aunt Nancy indulged in four pinches of snuff in rapid succession, sneezed an amazing number of times, and then acridly informed Ruby Lee that she was a "jealous cat" and always had been one.

of Occurrences 13%

The snuff of salt air did me good.

with Occurrences 11%

They took their snuff with pipes of the size of quills out of small spring boxes.

at Occurrences 11%

Two hundred and eighty score shafts were shot in all, and so deftly were they sped that when the shooting was done each target looked like the back of a hedgehog when the farm dog snuffs at it.

from Occurrences 9%

And these," he added, taking snuff from a gold box, "are perhaps as potent spurs to action as the whims of a busybody or the gains of a house-keeping trader.

about Occurrences 6%

This greatly disgusted their friend, the American Beaver, who didn't care a pinch of snuff about color, (black is not a color, you know,) but who went in for faithful and persistent work.

to Occurrences 5%

I took my first package of snuff to the lion's cage, and he was the sickest and most disgusted looking lion you ever saw, acting like a man who has taken a severe cold, and wants to kill anybody that looks at him.

out Occurrences 4%

" The captain took a pinch of snuff out of a fine gold box that he pulled out of his pocket, and dusted his fingers with a silk handkerchief in a very genteel fashion.

for Occurrences 4%

I see you where you are, up in the tree," he said; "you are too big for one mouthful, and too small for two mouthfuls, and I don't know what I'll do with you if I don't grind you up and make snuff for my nose."

on Occurrences 3%

He was so big, and had such big nostrils, that I laid about half a pound of snuff on the side of his tank, and when he snuffed it up his nose he got it all.

around Occurrences 3%

The lean dogs snuffed around me: my lank bones, Fed on the berries and the crusted pools, Were a scant morsel.

over Occurrences 1%

said the Emperor, spilling a pinch of snuff over the front of his white jacket.

round Occurrences 1%

"Joe Blunt!" exclaimed Dick in a voice of intense amazement, while Crusoe snuffed round the heap of leaves and whined with excitement.

than Occurrences 1%

He is unassuming, obliging in manner, careful in his duties, fonder of a good pinch of snuff than of warring about creeds, much more in love with a quiet chat than of platform violence, and would far sooner offer you a glass of wine, and ask you to take another when you had done it, than fight with you about piety.

under Occurrences 1%

When he was not looking I hid the package of snuff under the straw, and rattled the straw a little, and he opened his eyes and looked at me as much as to say: "You can't fool old Shadrack, for I am onto you."

in Occurrences 1%

Good Gentlemen; You seem to have a snuffing in your head Sir, A parlous snuffing, but this same dampish air 2

into Occurrences 1%

The crowd of visitors were right near his cage, when he sniffed, and when he got the snuff into him, he began to heave his sides like a man who is preparing to sneeze, caught his breath a few times, and let out a sneeze that sounded like the explosion of an automobile tire.

like Occurrences 1%

He had a gold repeater, and took snuff like the Doctor.

ob Occurrences 1%

Dat mornin' she war taken sick wid de fever, an' in a few days she war gone out like de snuff ob a candle.

between Occurrences 1%

"But you must not squeak it out in a little wee false voice, as small as this"; the maestro held up his thumb and finger, with a pinch of snuff between them.

Which preposition to use with  snuffing