Which preposition to use with twistings

of Occurrences 30%

Munching cloves, the aroma of which ladens the air all around him, Mr. BUMSTEAD contemplates her with a calmness which would be enthralling, but for the nervous twisting of his features under the torments of a singularly adhesive fly.

in Occurrences 11%

How to keep the baby from falling brings the idea of twisting in extra branches, which is recognised as a cradle in the tree, and the children delight in this as a meaning for "Rock-a-bye, baby, in the tree-top."

through Occurrences 4%

Behind him, white in its sinuous twisting through the snow-smothered wilderness, lay the icy Saskatchewan, with a few scattered lights visible where Prince Albert, the last outpost of civilization, came down to the river half a mile away.

on Occurrences 3%

A loud report, a little puff of smoke shooting upward to the gilded ceiling, and for one brief moment the crowd stood still, watching one of their ringleaders, who was turning and twisting on his side half a dozen steps from the bottom.

at Occurrences 3%

"Miss Anthea," said he, wringing and twisting at his hat, "orI think I should say,Mrs. Belloo mam,there ain't no word for it!

like Occurrences 3%

And metre twisting like a chain of daisies With great big splendid words a sentence long.

with Occurrences 2%

he added, his face twisting with joy, "ain't the firm glad to have you go!"

between Occurrences 2%

It was the hardest kind of work, turning and twisting between the trees, dodging snags, and brushing aside branches, and guiding a horse among fallen logs.

within Occurrences 1%

In these almost solid masses, they darted forward in undulating and angular lines, descended and swept close over the earth with inconceivable velocity, mounted perpendicularly so as to resemble a vast column, and when high, were seen wheeling and twisting within their continued lines, which then resembled the coils of a gigantic serpent.

from Occurrences 1%

When within an hour's ride of the prisonhis living gravehe raised his ironed hands, and twisting from a blue flannel shirt which he wore a large pearl button, said to the officer in charge: "Will you please take this button back and give it, with my compliments, to that human bloodhound, and say to him that I'm sorry that I didn't anticipate meeting him?

off Occurrences 1%

It was the Lieutenant's good-fortune to save the life of the Honorable Frederick Dunburne, second son of the Earla wild, rakish, undisciplined youth, much given to such mischievous enterprises as the twisting off of door-knockers, the beating of the watch, and the carrying away of tavern signs.

as Occurrences 1%

When washed thoroughly, they should be rinsed in succession in soft water, in which common salt has been dissolved, in the proportion of a handful to three or four gallons, and afterwards wrung gently, as soon as rinsed, with as little twisting as possible, and then hung out to dry.

Which preposition to use with  twistings