Which preposition to use with thickening

with Occurrences 144%

Let boil well; then thicken with the yolks of 2 beaten eggs and pour over the fish.

of Occurrences 84%

Close observation of the newly- opened lobster would soon show that all its movements are due to the same causethe shortening and thickening of these fleshy fibres, which are technically called muscles.

in Occurrences 13%

In vain did the plot thicken in the scenes that followed, in vain the dialogue wax more passionate and stirring, and the progress of the sentiment point more and more clearly to the arduous developement which impended.

on Occurrences 11%

The stream of refugees steadily thickened on the roads.

into Occurrences 10%

" The sobs now thickened into a cry, and, with streaming eyes, she picked up the puny child and declared she was going to bed.

at Occurrences 9%

As night thickened at his window, the negro sat dazed and wondering at the mightiness of his vision.

to Occurrences 8%

At a little more than two miles we crossed the river between two pools of salt water, subject to the influence of the tides, and proceeded northward over an open grassy flat for two miles further, when the grass gave place to samphire and small mangrove bushes, which gradually thickened to dense mangroves, cut up by deep muddy creeks, which put a stop to proceeding further in that direction.

around Occurrences 6%

Then as he listened he could fancy himself floating out through miles and miles of night and wind, and moon-and-star-light, or moony snowflakes, or even thick darkness and rain; until, falling asleep in the middle of his fancy, it would thicken around him into a dream of delight.

by Occurrences 5%

A white tenacious juice flows out of these incisions, which quickly thickens by exposure to the air, and remains hanging in small tears.

about Occurrences 4%

The dust thickened about Mr. Heatherbloom's head so that he could scarcely see.

for Occurrences 4%

Simmer it gently for 1 hour in the stock, which should then be strained closely from it, and thickened for table.

as Occurrences 3%

The weather thickened as the day grew older.

from Occurrences 3%

The sky gradually thickened from that time, so that the sun was in whitish cloud at the totality, and barely visible in dense cloud at the end of the eclipse.

like Occurrences 3%

Strain through a fine hair sieve, boiling hot, over the potatoes, stirring well, or the mixture will thicken like starch.

over Occurrences 3%

Mists thicken over the valley, and wipe out its colors before the lights begin to glimmer out of it.

toward Occurrences 2%

A scattering of houses began in the foothills and thickened toward Sour Creek.

in Occurrences 2%

She sat silent, her chocolate thickening in the cup, while one hand, almost as much beringed as her mother's, drummed on the crumpled table-cloth.

for Occurrences 2%

BROWN ROUX, a French Thickening for Gravies and Sauces.

at Occurrences 2%

'She worked nearly two years after unnerving, and developed the usual thickening at the coronet.

to Occurrences 1%

You can only wander on as far as you dare, letting each object impress itself on your mind as it may, and carrying away a confused recollection of innumerable perpendicular lines, all straining upwards, in fierce competition, towards the light-food far above; and next of a green cloud, or rather mist, which hovers round your head, and rises, thickening and thickening to an unknown height.

before Occurrences 1%

Jack said, as the crowd of brigadiers thickened before the hotel door.

round Occurrences 1%

That was all, emotion must be kept at bay, and as vehicles thickened round them as they passed through Wil'sbro', the two ladies betook themselves to casual remarks upon them.

under Occurrences 1%

During the weeks of Peter's stay at the manor it had grown to be the Captain's habit really to write for two or three hours in the afternoon, and his pile of manuscript had thickened under his application.

about Occurrences 1%

Her eyes were sore with crying and there was a flushed thickening about the edges of her mouth.

like Occurrences 1%

It was all a nightmarea horror of snorting horses, panting, sweating riders, the swift downward glitter of sabre strokes, thickening like sheeted rain.

Which preposition to use with  thickening