Which preposition to use with sponge

with Occurrences 19%

To give the collar the same tint throughout, the whole collar should be sponged with the same water, taking care not to touch the flowers. 2267.

in Occurrences 16%

When he lays down his wallet among a lot of other calf skins, like a great sponge in a puddle of water, it sucks every square inch of legal tender, which is in suckin' distance.

of Occurrences 14%

Skin of the infant, importance of its perfect cleanliness, 72. , friction and sponging of, beneficial, 73.

over Occurrences 12%

sweep away infancy and youth, manhood and old age; wipe out old memories, and pass the sponge over cherished recollections.

on Occurrences 11%

I am not saying, mind you, that had the opportunity presented itself of dropping a wet sponge on Tuppy from some high spot or of putting an eel in his bed or finding some other form of self-expression of a like nature, I would not have embraced it eagerly; but that let me out.

for Occurrences 6%

Why, J.W., I've done operations alone here that at home they'd hardly let me hold sponges for.

by Occurrences 5%

He expressed so much astonishment when I remonstrated, that I supposed the poor man must have been in the habit of using his own sponge for such purposes, and my ire subsided gradually as he wrung out the sponge by an endless succession of vigorous squeezes, accompanying each with a word of apology.

from Occurrences 5%

PLAN TO BE PURSUED WITH THE VIGOROUS AND HEALTHY.A child of a vigorous constitution and robust health, as he rises from his bed refreshed and active by his night's repose, should be put into the shower-bath, or, if this excites and alarms him too much, must be sponged from head to foot with salt water.

to Occurrences 4%

" "Work for more strategy," whispered Page, as he held a sponge to Dave's battered nose, while Farley rubbed the muscles of his right arm.

at Occurrences 2%

You know the comedian we had threw up the sponge at the last minute and we had to dig up another.

into Occurrences 2%

"She divined my intent, and quick as was my thought were her two hands; she cast both bowl and sponge into the sea.

under Occurrences 2%

Place some seeds on a sponge under an air-tight glass.

after Occurrences 1%

With the long hook, sponge after sponge was torn from its clung-to home on the slippery rocks, and quickly popped into the bag.

as Occurrences 1%

The seat-room was only four feet long,two feet short of my length; and the washboard, which was three inches in height, surrounded the seat-room and obliged me to use the boat-sponge as a pillow.

across Occurrences 1%

As she passed a cool sponge across the patient's brow, she said: "I knew it would be so.

off Occurrences 1%

"Youyou go and s-sponge off the Fingáls for c-c-cakes and rides and s-s-soda waterand you think they're too l-l-lovely for w-wordsand you t-t-try to do your hair just the way C-C-Camilla does.

against Occurrences 1%

At the last moment he took another dab with the wet sponge against his swollen left eye.

Which preposition to use with  sponge