Which preposition to use with wrenching

from Occurrences 52%

"Among all the pictures of the Madonna," she continued after a pause, "the one I like best is where Mary is sitting, holding in her hands the crown of thorns; everything else had been wrenched from her grasp, but this they had no use for.

at Occurrences 21%

It was a horrible wrench at last to leave wife and children.

of Occurrences 15%

"Yes." With a wrench of her entire body, Miss Lola Hassiebrock was across the room at three capacity strides, swung open a door there, and stood, head flung up and pressing back tears, her lips turned inward.

out Occurrences 11%

Here, in the person of the Colonel, no soldier fore-ordained, but a serene and equable soul wrenched out of its proper sphere by a chance hurt to a woman, forsooth!

in Occurrences 11%

A very judicious actor (in most of his parts) seems to have fallen into an error of this sort in his playing with Mr. Wrench in the farce of Free and Easy.

with Occurrences 6%

he roared, advancing upon the child, raising the hand that still held the wrench with which he had been working on the machinery down stairs.

for Occurrences 5%

It was rather a wrench for my husband and me,giving our approval to using a church for a club-house.

into Occurrences 4%

That and the strike of the Tigers in Philadelphia threw a monkey-wrench into the machinery, resulting in a tangle which Jennings was unable to straighten out all the season.

to Occurrences 3%

" Nevertheless the pain was to prove the final wrench to a heart that had been on the verge of breaking for many a year, and it was not long before Olive and Cyril were motherless.

of Occurrences 3%

To their satisfaction they found that not much damage had been done beyond a slight wrenching of the steering gear.

off Occurrences 3%

I hoped to see one wrench off a leg to prove what I had been toldthat if one in its movement to the salt water through the tall grass beyond the sand, touched any filth, it clawed off the polluted leg, and that a crab had been seen thus to deprive itself of all its eight limbs, and after a bath to hobble back to its hole with the aid of its claws, to remain until it had grown a complement of supports.

on Occurrences 2%

He gave a bitter cry, and there was a wrench on his face when he knew where he was come, and 'twas then Elzevir caught him by the belt.

than Occurrences 2%

To a fine sensitive boy nothing could give a sharper wrench than that.

down Occurrences 1%

The creature, whoever it was, was perfectly furious, and one could hear him muttering "29, yes it's 29," and then fearful oaths, and at last, with a shove, he wrenched down the crazy door and got into the room and I suppose was too sleepy or drunk to notice it was not his own, and retired to the Senator's bed!

asunder Occurrences 1%

His education was irregular; desiring at first to enter the clerical profession, he was put to the study of law and then of medicine; but he wrenched asunder his fetters with a force that was felt at the extremities of Europe.

under Occurrences 1%

The next day, looking for a monkey-wrench under the tarpaulin, he came across the wooden box a California friend had given him at parting, containing a dozen tall glass jars of preserved fruit.

like Occurrences 1%

"It must take an immense amount of strength," he observed, "to tune a piano with a wrench like that.

at Occurrences 1%

The Indian could not force the horse to obey him, and the efforts of Cap to reach his master were defeated by the wrenching at the bit.

from Occurrences 1%

Winning mean prey by causeless strife, Wrenching from ruined lowland swain His herds and harvest reared in vain, Methinks a soul like thine should scorn The spoils from such foul foray borne.

over Occurrences 1%

"Oh, he'll know what to do," and she darted toward a man just appearing around the curvea man with a sledge, and long-handled wrench over his shoulder.

Which preposition to use with  wrenching