Which preposition to use with unopened

on Occurrences 10%

Of the six bottles of spirits which were surreptitiously taken from the club-house's wine-vault, four were found standing unopened on the kitchen table.

in Occurrences 5%

One heard afterward that several letters of that description from French diplomatists in Germany were found unopened in a drawer at the ministry.

in Occurrences 3%

Maudie had put her letters unopened in her pocket, and told the man at the scales to weigh out two dollars to Windy, and charge to her.

to Occurrences 2%

At another time perhaps my curiosity might have given way to the laws of decorum, and I should have restored it unopened to my master, its owner.

into Occurrences 2%

The first half hour he walks about, surrounded by his fair cortege, and is tolerably civil; but at length, fatigued, I suppose by continual importunity, he loses his temper, departs, and throws all the petitions he has received unopened into the fire.

for Occurrences 1%

Her few replies and observations seemed to him so intelligent.... IV.Love and Duty Glancing one day at a bundle of French newspapers that had been lying on the table unopened for a fortnight, Lavretsky suddenly came upon a paragraph announcing "Mournful intelligence: That charming, fascinating Moscow lady, Mme.

to Occurrences 1%

Form is worthless, save it be Type of an infinity; Sign of something present, true, Though unopened to the view, Heady in its bosom holding What it will be aye unfolding, Never uttering but in part, From an unexhausted heart.

through Occurrences 1%

Thus it came about that one autumn day, when Isabel's letters had lain unopened through spring and summer, in one sudden impulse of mere desire he had opened and read them,not as Jenny's letters, but as messages for which he himself was hungering.

before Occurrences 1%

The letters lay still unopened before him on his writing table; he stood looking at the miniatures and photographs, all portraits of his mother, from girlhood onward.

Which preposition to use with  unopened