Which preposition to use with tumbling

into Occurrences 157%

Not a word said they, but tumbled into the boat, pushed off, and in a moment we were floating in the full sunshine again.

over Occurrences 134%

Occasionally a light case or bale would fall off, and quantities of small boys who seemed always on the spot would precipitate themselves, tumbling over each other to pick up what fell, and there would be protestations and explanations in every language under the sun.

to Occurrences 69%

The marble statue toppled once more, trembled as though it were not quite sure whether to fall or stay where it was, then came tumbling to the floor with a crash.

about Occurrences 68%

"Why, yes, I'm well, child, if it wasn't for bein' so tumbled about in my mind.

in Occurrences 66%

The assault was deliveredup the rock came the French, anddown they tumbled in dozens and hundreds.

from Occurrences 46%

When he was not more than thirty yards distant I fired, and the next moment he tumbled from his saddle, and the horse kept on without his rider.

on Occurrences 33%

Flags and streamers were floating, tumblers were tumbling on the green, bagpipes were playing, and lads and lasses were dancing to the music.

out Occurrences 30%

The few day gamblers tumbled out of Lebrun's across the street to watch the fun.

of Occurrences 25%

There was a mirror, for instance, in the corner; and beneath the mirror a cheap table in whose open drawer appeared a tumble of papers.

with Occurrences 18%

So far as nearly coming to a rough and tumble with the fellow for his cheek in scoffing our fly at the station constitutes an acquaintance.

down Occurrences 15%

As soon as the boys could recover from their surprise they tumbled down the stairs, tripping over each other in their hurry, while the girls followed more slowly.

through Occurrences 14%

Our course lay up the right hand channel, which, for half a mile above the forks, comes roaring and tumbling through a mountain gorge, plunging over falls, and whirling and surging among the boulders, in a descent of three of four hundred feet in all.

like Occurrences 12%

You seeit was so good to watch you raging about with touzled hair, like the only original bull of Bashan, and the others tumbling like ninepins.

for Occurrences 8%

One at a time, in patches of hot shade, they lay tumbled for a moment of oblivion, their backs studded thickly with obstinate flies like the driven heads of nails.

off Occurrences 6%

Their trunks were being tumbled off a car far ahead.

of Occurrences 6%

" While the Salsette lay off the Dardanelles, Lord Byron saw the body of a man who had been executed by being cast into the sea, floating on the stream, moving to and fro with the tumbling of the water, which gave to his arms the effect of scaring away several sea-fowl that were hovering to devour.

after Occurrences 5%

For the very young this is probably satisfied by the cow that jumps over the moon, the dish that runs after the spoon, Jill tumbling after Jack, and Miss Muffet running away from the spider.

among Occurrences 4%

Again, he stood where the bright waters of Clear Creek tumbled among the granite boulders, and where he had first moved to answer the call of that music of the hills.

aboard Occurrences 3%

"He nipped off and tumbled aboard the ship afore I could say a word.

at Occurrences 3%

Talking of Phipps's voyage to the North Pole, Dr. Johnson observed, that it 'was conjectured that our former navigators have kept too near land, and so have found the sea frozen far north, because the land hinders the free motion of the tide; but, in the wide ocean, where the waves tumble at their full convenience, it is imagined that the frost does not take effect.' WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22.

between Occurrences 2%

And now as the sun's last rays were nearly level, we saw the sight that I had come to see, for from two mountains that stood on either shore two cliffs of pink marble came out into the river, all glowing in the light of the low sun, and they were quite smooth and of mountainous altitude, and they nearly met, and Yann went tumbling between them and found the sea.

under Occurrences 2%

The man who gave the last whistle upon it, before tumbling under the table dead drunk, won it.

against Occurrences 2%

And here should I tell how that in the early part of the seventh hour, after I had eat and drunk, and went forward as ever, upon my journey down the Mighty Slope, I did have a very sore tumble against a sharp rock; for I put my foot sudden into a small hole, and this did make me to pitch.

up Occurrences 2%

Of course, the small Jonah of the flock tumbles up the stairs, bumps his nose, and breaks his treasure....

as Occurrences 2%

From under their very feet great masses of rock, tossed and tumbled as by a giant's play, stretched downwards to where the green woods began and rolled in vast billows to the harbor, which shone and sparkled in the sun, yet seemed no bigger than their mother's paw.

Which preposition to use with  tumbling