Which preposition to use with trowels

in Occurrences 13%

Trowel in hand Molly Dale was kneeling on one knee between the brook and a row of blue camass.

amidst Occurrences 1%

The royal hand had covered them with the stone, duly tapped by the silver trowel amidst the hurrahs of the loyal populace, in which the prisoner heartily joined.

for Occurrences 1%

I am only a tool in his hands,a trowel for the laying of his mortar and bricks.

on Occurrences 1%

In a few rapid words Hilary told the scheme of Anna's flight, at the same time setting the screen aside so as to show the hole in the wall nearly closed, humming his tune and ringing the trowel on the brickwork.

over Occurrences 1%

A coating of tar laid with a trowel over the exposed parts of the body will be found the best protection, especially as the new Armour Company's patent hermetically sealed bear-proof visor will be found too hot for comfort in summer.

Which preposition to use with  trowels