Which preposition to use with tumbler

of Occurrences 75%

The first nite I was in that furrin climb, after hangin' my close over a chair, and droppin' my false teeth in a tumbler of water, I retired in a sober and morril condition.

in Occurrences 12%

Hector, hearing a splashing and rushing, turned round to look, and saw him with one hand in a small wooden trough that ran along the wall, and with the other holding the tumbler in a stream of water that fell from the side of the trough into his bath.

with Occurrences 6%

Epicures rub the lips of the tumbler with a piece of fresh pineapple; and the tumbler itself is very often encrusted outside with stalactites of ice.

on Occurrences 4%

On asking for a drink of water, it was brought in a glass tumbler on a china plate.

for Occurrences 4%

Then Miss Nugent, raising the jug with some difficulty, poured out a tumbler for the steward with her own fair hands.

at Occurrences 3%

" The man drained the tumbler at a gulp; stood without a word, sniffing miserably; then of a sudden, as though the draught had worked, looked up bold and shrewd.

near Occurrences 2%

And drawing, with his lumbering hand, the tumbler near him, he filled it two-thirds up of pure wine, and presently his lips grappled with it like a camel at the bucket in the desert, with such effect that the contents changed vessels in a twinkling. "Disappeared!" said I musingly.

by Occurrences 2%

She placed the tumbler by the candlestick, and lay down, remembering vaguely that a long time ago she had decided that suicide was not wrong in itself.

to Occurrences 2%

He carried the tumbler to Hector, who drank, and said the water was delicious.

from Occurrences 2%

Therefore Willie got a tumbler from his dressing-table, and went to the other side of the room.

within Occurrences 1%

" "If the case is as you say," replied Mr. Tutt, replacing the bottle and tumbler within the lower drawer and flicking a stogy ash from his waistcoat, "the honorable justice who handed it to us is no friend of ours.

about Occurrences 1%

Captain Marryat gives the following recipe for its preparation:"Put into a tumbler about a dozen sprigs of the tender shoots of mint; upon them put a spoonful of white sugar, and equal proportions of peach and common brandy, so as to fill up one third, or, perhaps, a little less; then take rasped or pounded ice, and fill up the tumbler.

without Occurrences 1%

It didn't seem to agree with Jone at first, but after he kept at it three or four days it began to suit him better, so that he could take nearly a tumbler without feeling badly.

across Occurrences 1%

The rest were on their feet in an instant, clinking Grandmother Wing's etched tumblers across the table and drinking the toast with all their hearts.

after Occurrences 1%

While we had been talking with Andrei, Viushin had built a fire and prepared breakfast, and just as the sun peered into the valley we sat down on bearskins around our little candle-box and ate some "selánka," or sour soup, upon which Viushin particularly prided himself, and drank tumbler after tumbler of steaming tea.

against Occurrences 1%

I tinkled a tumbler against a whisky bottle, and Jeremy instantly swore that he heard burglars.

as Occurrences 1%

Mr. Sellers: We will have to set down the result of the experiment on glass tumblers as negative.

beside Occurrences 1%

She contrived to make him swallow something from the tumbler beside the bed.

out Occurrences 1%

Secondly, the Mess President had coaxed glass tumblers out of the ancient concierge; and only those who have drunk from enamelled ironware for weeks on end can appreciate the pure joy of escape from the indeterminate metallic flavour which such vessels impart to all beverages.

over Occurrences 1%

(6) That the burning hydrogen forms water by uniting with the oxygen of the air, may be shown by holding a cold glass tumbler over the jet, or over any flame.

through Occurrences 1%

When a group of returned stampeders came in, she sat down at a rough little faro-table, leaned her elbows on it, sipped the rest of the stuff in her tumbler through a straw, and in the shelter of her arms set the straw in a knot-hole near the table-leg, and spirited the bad liquor down under the board.

under Occurrences 1%

My companion and myself cautiously brought up a tumbler under the web, and pressed it suddenly against the wall, so as to inclose both spider and eggs within it.

Which preposition to use with  tumbler