Which preposition to use with tigresses

in Occurrences 6%

She is like a statue at most times; at others, just now and again, like awell, a sleek tigress in her movements and the way she turns her head.

at Occurrences 3%

One of the most exciting and deeply interesting scenes I ever witnessed in the jungles, was on the occasion I have referred to in a former chapter, when speaking of the number of young given by the tigress at a birth.

with Occurrences 3%

She had permitted him to remain in the house, knowing his professed helplessness in the mattershe must have divined thatplaying with him as a tigress with a victim (yes; a tigress!

from Occurrences 2%

Why, ferocious as our Innovator is, he would just as soon drag a tigress from her's!

for Occurrences 2%

We had been trying to oust the tigress for over four hours, but she was as wise as she was savage, and refused to become a mark for our bullets in the open.

of Occurrences 2%

The famous tigress of the story of Cluentius, Sassia, as she appears in Cicero's defence of him, was beyond doubt a criminal of the worst kind, however much we may discount the orator's rhetoric; and her case proves that the evil did not exist only at Rome, but was to be found even in a provincial town of no great importance.

to Occurrences 2%

We promised the coolies double pay if they roused the tigress to flight.

by Occurrences 1%

Mrs. Ward's League to promote the return of women as town and county councilors is her latest device to prove the unfitness of women for public affairs, and since the Vegetarian League for combating the carnivorous instincts of the tigress by feeding her on blood, there has been no quite so happy adaptation of means to end.

up Occurrences 1%

On their way back they used to drink at a certain river, the tigress up the stream and the cow lower down.

over Occurrences 1%

Her joy at seeing me again was moderately mixed with ferocity, and gave me the idea of a tigress over her recovered cubs.

during Occurrences 1%

On one occasion my friends put up a tigress during the rains, when there are few cattle in the derahs or plains near the river.

below Occurrences 1%

The bullet was a ricochet, and struck the tigress below the chest, and travelled towards the heart, but without touching it.

about Occurrences 1%

It seemed to me that a mere tithe of what I had said, if said to a tigress about a tiger of which she was fond, would have made herthe tigress, I meanhit the ceiling.

Which preposition to use with  tigresses