Which preposition to use with stiffs

with Occurrences 92%

The only one who was a little stiff with him and expressed no desire to meet him again was Corti, the Italian plenipotentiary.

as Occurrences 75%

My joints were swollen with the bonds, and every sinew seemed as stiff as wire.

in Occurrences 69%

He finished up the fish himself, then sat on his heels by the fire, scorching his face while his back froze, or wheeling round and singeing his new parki while his hands grew stiff in spite of seal-skin mittens.

from Occurrences 23%

"You must have got stiff from standing still after the late mix-up.

at Occurrences 14%

Gloria stood confronting him, tense, rigid, white-faced, her hands stiff at her sides.

than Occurrences 13%

I'll ride a hunter I've got; he's rather stiffer than Adonis, and better up to rough work.

like Occurrences 11%

Arthur made his body stiff like a rod, and held himself close, for he was passing strong.

of Occurrences 9%

And ordinarily, in the best rooms of one another, the ladies became spontaneously, rigidly formal as they assembled, speaking in tones suitably stiff of the day's paper, or viewing with hushed esteem those art treasures that surrounded them.

on Occurrences 9%

" "I got the big stiff on the run!"

for Occurrences 8%

It was rather stiff for a while, and after tea we all went home; and for three long years Miss Jaynes never opened her face to me, until I came here to live, this time.

to Occurrences 8%

"I think," suggested Pastor Drury, "that what Mr. Conover means is that we'd better be a little less stiff to newcomers than the Indian was to us.

about Occurrences 6%

The effect is awkward, and not to be practised in public, but the exercise enables you to perceive for yourself when you are stiff about the shoulders and waist.

against Occurrences 4%

Hofmannus, a Lutheran professor of Helmstad, and many of his followers, with most of our church, and papists, are stiff against it.

by Occurrences 3%

"The whole town," he remarked casually, "seems scared stiff by this Butch; but of course he ain't comin' back to-night.

before Occurrences 1%

"Going to have it good and stiff before morning," he said, "just as I told you.

outside Occurrences 1%

They piled the stiffs outside the door; They made, I reckon, a cord or more.

around Occurrences 1%

Times gets stiff around Biscoe.

beneath Occurrences 1%

But scores of good fellows were left behind him, stretched out all stiff beneath the sweet green boughs.

towards Occurrences 1%

The life made me hard and watchful, trusting no man, and brusque and stiff towards the world.

under Occurrences 1%

There was some one within hearing or liable to come within hearing, who possibly was not so stiff under temptation.

across Occurrences 1%

But Jumbo always evaded his quick rushes till Ware, after many false moves, finally made a sudden and unforeseen dash, seized Jumbo's right hand with both of his, whirled in close, and, with his back against Jumbo's chest, carried the Lakerimmer's right arm straight and stiff across his shoulder.

without Occurrences 1%

But to Anne, after the tedious formality of the second table at the palace, stiff without refinement, this free family life was perfectly delightful and refreshing, though as yet she was too much cramped, as it were, by long stiffness, silence, and treatment as an inferior to join, except by the intelligent dancing of her brown eyes, and replies when directly addressed.

Which preposition to use with  stiffs