Which preposition to use with thread

of Occurrences 693%

Gradually, even this thread of light died out; and now, all that was left of our great and glorious sun, was a vast dead disk, rimmed with a thin circle of bronze-red light.

in Occurrences 70%

The outside end of the ball he fastened to the reel, then threw the ball through the open window into his room, and there undid it from the inside end, laying the thread in coils on the floor.

from Occurrences 40%

It was then in the dusk of the evening, and I was fearful it was too late for me to be recognised; but after I had taken two or three turns in the street, I saw the white amaranth I had given Veenah, suspended by a thread from the lattice of an upper window.

with Occurrences 39%

Children under eight cannot really produce fire from flints or rubbing sticks, nor can they make useable woollen threads with which to do much weaving.

to Occurrences 22%

If The Babe sees a paper he will go to our hotel, and" "If we're hanging by that thread to eternity, God help us," I replied bitterly, for the grim humour of my brother's speech chilled my marrow.

on Occurrences 21%

When it was time to go to bed, he ran out and turned the water first into the garden, and then into the new channel; when suddenly the wheel began to spin about, and wind the pack-thread on to the reel.

through Occurrences 21%

I find it hard enough sometimes to get a thread through the eye of a needle; for though the thread is ever so much smaller than yours, I have to sharpen and sharpen it often before I can get it through.

for Occurrences 21%

The author has spun a somewhat improbable story as the thread for his reflections on Art and his reminiscences of artists and travel.

at Occurrences 11%

But yours, though it is so thick, keeps so sharp that it goes through the holes at oncetwo threads at onceone from each side!" "Ah!

by Occurrences 10%

Fasten the threads by drawing them into notches cut in the sides of the board.

into Occurrences 9%

In the first place, it makes all the threads into one by sticking them together.

around Occurrences 8%

" This said, she twists the thread around his ugly spindle once, 4 Snaps off the last bit of the life of that Imperial dunce.

among Occurrences 8%

I shall really begin to feel as if there were golden threads among the silver.

over Occurrences 7%

HANGING-LIP (nodding, as she moistens the thread over her lip).

out Occurrences 5%

The beautiful hair had no one of its aureate threads out of place.

about Occurrences 4%

The host with whom I lodged in that city, willing to amuse me, carried me along with him to this bridge, taking with him in his arms certain diving birds bound to poles, and he tied a thread about every one of their necks, lest they might swallow the fish they were to catch.

above Occurrences 3%

Angelina had not thought it of any use to tell themof the sword which they had hung up by a thread above the heads of the Downeys.

during Occurrences 2%

I was glad enough to see them leave, as my life had undoubtedly hung by a thread during their presence.

as Occurrences 2%

In its dense mass, scarcely visible to the human eye, float the siphonoforas, garlands of entities united by a transparent thread as fragile, delicate and luminous as Bohemian crystal.

against Occurrences 2%

Three tiny aeroplanes wove invisible threads against the blue woof of the sky above the New Jersey shore.

without Occurrences 2%

I have said that my father, was not one of those who are ready to substitute specious explanations for truth, and those who are thus abstinent rarely lay their hand on a thread without making it a clue.

across Occurrences 1%

He worked several hours to make his truants a concealing corral of hay and stakes and straw and stumps at a place where a hill spring threaded across his land, and then returned between his own boundaries to the house again.

off Occurrences 1%

Aunt Jane worked a whole day picking threads off the carpet, and smoothing down the linen covers because they'd got so mussed up.

amongst Occurrences 1%

The cloth is placed on the floor between the two distinct parts of the calender, threaded amongst the tension rails near the bottom roller or bowl, and then passed over two or more of the bowls according to the type of finish desired.

along Occurrences 1%

And pictured mochoes tesselate the ground; In glittering threads along reflective walls

Which preposition to use with  thread