dint
noun
force; power.
dinting
-
present participleof dint.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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By dint of dinting, I managed the trick.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
It was when the baby was sleeping in her own bed, its combed head dinting one of her own white pillows, that she looked across to her deft, tactful maid.
From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Perceval Gibbon
Half the stones of the borgo went after that cavalcade, and fell in a persistent shower upon them, rattling like giant hail upon their armour, dinting many a steel-cap to its wearer's sore discomfort.
From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini
He straightened himself as he spoke, and releasing the walking-stick with his left hand put the point of it softly, slowly, and strongly down upon the gravel, dinting the ground pretty deeply with the pressure.
From Bulldog And Butterfly From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray by David Christie Murray
"How hot your face is," he said, dinting the flesh fondly with his finger, "I see my little girl is glad to have me back."
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill
