Which preposition to use with wet

with Occurrences 339%

It fades as suddenly into grey mist and nothingness as it comes, and, wet with perspiration, and struggling to keep back screams of mad terror, I bury my head in the bed-clothes.

in Occurrences 62%

Worse than the ice and the wet in the sleeping-bag, was this lying in such close proximity to a young jackanapes who wouldn't come when you called "Grub!" and wouldn't wait a second till you'd felt about in the dimness for your gun.

to Occurrences 53%

Already they were wet to the waist.

from Occurrences 33%

" His hair, collar, and shoulders being very wet from the water which had been poured upon him during his slumber, Mr. BUMSTEAD, in his present newly-awake frame of mind, believed that a hard shower had taken place, and thereupon turned moody.

as Occurrences 23%

The fog clung thick and heavy on all sides, the lungs breathed it in, and the deck underfoot was as wet as though from heavy rain.

through Occurrences 18%

And you must be wet through yourself," she added, glancing at him.

on Occurrences 17%

" They rushed down the stairs, scattering a group of small boys who were roasting chestnuts at the gas-jet in the passage, and on through the box-room, but only to find the door on the other side standing wide open, and the gymnasium itself silent and desertedtwo empty water-cans, lying in a big pool of wet on the cement floor, being the only remaining traces of the recent outrage.

of Occurrences 9%

The extreme aridity of the countrythe absence of water in consequence of the sandy nature of the soil, which renders it impossible that watercourses should existthe dense and almost impassable nature of the thickets of acacia and melaleuca of small growth, and the heat of the climateall tend to prove the fallacy of attempting to explore this part of the colony, excepting during the wettest of the winter months.

for Occurrences 8%

[Antistrophe 2. Out in the waste of foam, Where rideth dark Menelaus, Come to us there, O white And jagged, with wild sea-light And crashing of oar-blades, come, O thunder of God, and slay us: While our tears are wet for home, While out in the storm go we, Slaves of our enemy! Others.

by Occurrences 6%

His breath was labored and his body wet by sweat, but the moving beam had not reached the lamp.

at Occurrences 5%

My eyes were wet at thought of the scene which I so well remembered, and when I turned to him, I saw that he was still brooding over this defeat, which had rankled as a poisoned arrow in his breast ever since that melancholy morning we had marched away from the Great Meadows with the French on either side and the Indians looting the baggage in the rear.

about Occurrences 3%

He glanced at her pale face, her hair hanging dank and wet about it, and saw that, even under these disadvantageous conditions, she had grown more beautiful than before.

after Occurrences 3%

When those glossy domes swim into the alpenglow, wet after rain, you conceive how long and imperturbable are the purposes of God.

under Occurrences 3%

The house was in the process of painting, too, still wet under a first wash of gray.

over Occurrences 2%

Placing the old candlestick beside this dainty repast, she untied her bonnet, which hung limp and wet over her face, and prepared to eat her supper.

against Occurrences 2%

There were tears on her cheekslittle sweet, salt tears of love and happiness that felt all wet against my lips.

than Occurrences 2%

The tusks of this animal are still considered as excellent ivory, and are peculiarly valuable for the construction of false teeth; and leather made from the hide is still used in Russia for coach-harness, but stretches more when wet than any other leather.

into Occurrences 2%

And I was come into the pool in a moment, in mine armour, and did lift the Maid, naked and wet into mine arms, and had her instant from the water, and upon the side of the pool; and there I wrapt the cloak about her; and ran very quick and killed the serpent, as it did go offwards among the boulders.

among Occurrences 1%

They were not considering the lilies of the field; they did not want us to get our feet wet among them.

without Occurrences 1%

He can endure cold and wet without discomfort, and can live on the Highland hills when others less sturdy would succumb.

within Occurrences 1%

This fellow's hoofs have been wet within an houryes, within the half-hour.

before Occurrences 1%

If the coal is very small, it should be wetted before being put on the fire.

during Occurrences 1%

The service in the trenches was of the most arduous character, the rain being almost incessant, and the men having no protection against it; they were wet during the entire twenty-four hours, and the mud was so deep that the shoes were ruined and a considerable number of men rendered barefooted.

behind Occurrences 1%

My disappointment was consequently less than theirs when we drove up to as gloomy a hostelry as I have ever beheld, with the blue-black forest smoking wet behind it, to find that here also the foul weather had brought the season to a premature and sudden end, literally emptying this particular hotel.

like Occurrences 1%

"You mustn't go out in the wet like this.

Which preposition to use with  wet