Which preposition to use with whimpering

in Occurrences 11%

So within this narrow gap, where shapeless things stirred and whimpered in the dark, Beltane leaned breathless upon his sword and looked down upon the watch-fires of Duke Ivo's great camp.

of Occurrences 7%

Then, he was quiet, save for an occasional, subdued whimper of fear.

of Occurrences 6%

It shut with a sharp snick, and there followed a long silence, broken only by the whimpering of the dogs.

at Occurrences 6%

Your locks are not thinned by this dreadful smallpox; nor your poor face scarredis it, my angel?" Frank began to shout and whimper at the idea of such a misfortune, for from the very earliest time the young lord had been taught by his mother to admire his own beauty; and esteemed it very highly.

for Occurrences 6%

We have fathers sitting in the house at mid-day, silent and glum, while children look wistfully about, and sometimes whimper for bread which they cannot have.

over Occurrences 5%

Among them were several women, one of whom sought a cure for her sick child, whimpering over the symptoms of his malady.

out Occurrences 4%

" "Suffering to beat the band, but not a whimper out of him.

with Occurrences 4%

All the rest of that night she whimpered with pain.

like Occurrences 4%

Laid on the floor of the main hospital itself, some screamed or moaned, some whimpered like sick children, especially in their sleep, some lay quiet, with glazed eyes out of which sight was passing.

from Occurrences 3%

And as Robinson told him of the second crime he sank back in his chair again, whimpering from time to time.

in Occurrences 3%

But, grim and silent, Beltane leaped down among them, his long blade glittering in the moonlight, and before the mighty sweep of it they fell back, crowding upon each other and confused; then Beltane, turning, cut asunder the cord and Giles Brabblecombe fell and lay 'neath the shade of the tree, wheezing and whimpering in the grass.

about Occurrences 2%

YouIYou been too good, Blutch, to a girl likelike I was for me to let out a whimper about anything.

at Occurrences 2%

When they came to the gate, the woman hung back, whimpering at sight of the festal array, and sound of the voices within.

by Occurrences 2%

Then the pair retreated under a rain of firewood, and on the edge of the camp fell to licking their wounds and whimpering by turns and snarling.

from Occurrences 2%

" A muffled whimpering from my neighbour on the left hand was accompanied by a wild rustling of silk.

to Occurrences 2%

Achilles weeps, Great Hector hangs the head, And the Black Prince goes whimpering to bed.

like Occurrences 1%

It was on a day of wild autumnal weather, when the wind moaned like a living thing in torture about the house, and the leaves eddied and drifted before the scudding rain, that they turned Tawny Hudson out of his master's room, and left him crouched and whimpering like a dog against the locked door.

beside Occurrences 1%

And the bear came alsoa great, gaunt she-bear with two cubs whimpering beside her in the cage, and in her eyes a sullen hunger for the giant redwoods that stood so straight and strong together upon the steep slopes while they sang crooningly the songs she knew of old, and a glowing hatred for her captors.

against Occurrences 1%

Clear around the corral she walked, her great, hand-like feet falling as silently as the leaf shadows that splashed one whole corner and danced all over her back when she passed that way; back to the pen where her two cubs whimpered against the bars, and watched her wishfully with pert little tiltings of their heads.

over Occurrences 1%

And with awful fear on his face the wayfarer closed his sack, whimpering over his emeralds and furtively glancing round as though the loss of his secret were and utterly deadly thing.

beside Occurrences 1%

She was whimpering beside her mother, and when she saw that mamma had waked up, she shrilled consolingly: "It's going to be all well in a minute.

to Occurrences 1%

And still whimpering to his fat little enemy of the green meadow how sorry he was that he had chased him, he snuggled close up to Pipoonaskoos and in time went to sleep.

toward Occurrences 1%

Fenris came whimpering toward him.

towards Occurrences 1%

It is frequently found in what appears to be a healthy lot of puppies that some of them begin to whine and whimper towards the end of the first day, and in such cases the writer's experience is that there will be a speedy burial.

into Occurrences 1%

Once Big Foot came whimpering into camp with porcupine quills in his nose.

Which preposition to use with  whimpering