Which preposition to use with squalls

of Occurrences 32%

He was restrained, however, by Agrippa, who feared that they might not overtake the fugitives, who would probably use sails, and he also felt some confidence of conquering without much effort because meantime a squall of rain with large quantities of spray had driven in the face of Antony's fleet alone and had created disturbance all through it.

from Occurrences 27%

"Had squall from northeast," it ran.

in Occurrences 9%

the one you found on the bar?" "Yes, but that baby, Jenny!" "What's wonderful about it?" "Why, it's only two years old, and it can squall in two languages.

at Occurrences 7%

" "Where's Brom Dutcher?" "Oh, he went off to the army in the beginning of the war; some say he was killed at the storming of Stony Pointothers say he was drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose.

on Occurrences 5%

During the heavy snow squall on November 28th we passed two peculiarly shaped mountains lying in a north-south direction; they were the only ones that we could see on our right hand.

with Occurrences 2%

At 5.0 p.m. there was a heavy squall with rain and lightning, followed by a cloudy night and moderate breeze from the south.

than Occurrences 2%

"Call the people from their guns!" said Bignall, in those suppressed tones that are only more portentous from their forced and unnatural calmness: "Call them away at once, sir, and get the canvas in!" Wilder, startled more at the proximity and apparent weight of the squall than at words to which he had been long accustomed, delayed not to give an order that was seemingly so urgent.

like Occurrences 1%

I shall not ask pardon of those critics who are always canting about geniusand who would probably deny this gift to the Robin, because he cannot cry like a chicken or squall like a cat, and because with his charming strains he does not mingle all sorts of discords and incongruous soundsfor assigning to the Robin the highest rank as a singing-bird.

over Occurrences 1%

The next minute the words were quite true; for, as he spoke, two or three distracted hens flew squalling over the wall and scattered about, under, over, and before the horse, as only distracted hens could do.

to Occurrences 1%

After rounding the latter the wind changed in a violent squall to the westward, and gave us a long beat of a day to reach Kent Group, during which we discovered a reef,* just awash at high-water, and bearing East 8 degrees South, five miles and a half from Wright's Rock.

under Occurrences 1%

She had kicked alarmingly when the salt was laid on her tongue, and squalled under the deluge of water which gave her her name and also wet Chonita's sleeve.

across Occurrences 1%

All at once, coming out of nowhere, a wave of panic swept down the street like a squall across a still pond.

within Occurrences 1%

"You wear a lynx-skin for a saddle-cloth," he said, "yet that lynx never squalled within a thousand miles of these hills.

after Occurrences 1%

We had squall after squall now, but we felt sure that soon we must see land.

along Occurrences 1%

The wind blew yelling squalls along the streets.

before Occurrences 1%

'Bright as is the sun,' said Captain Cadurcis, 'we may have yet a squall before night.'

between Occurrences 1%

The strongest winds at this season, are the heavy squalls between East-South-East and North-East (and which may with propriety be termed hurricane squalls); fortunately they are not of long duration, rarely lasting over two hours.

by Occurrences 1%

Twice he had made west to the Diego Ramirez Rocks, one of the times saved between two snow-squalls by sighting the gravestones of ships a quarter of a mile dead ahead.

for Occurrences 1%

Stop that wench's squalling for her brat!

Which preposition to use with  squalls