Example Sentences

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She said: "While sitting and chatting we realised the flints we were sitting on were extremely hot... some thoughtless, careless people had just buried three disposable BBQs which were still glowing red! Absolutely disgusting behaviour!"

From BBC • May 31, 2026

There are certainly flints of autobiography and different friends in different characters — they’ve read it and liked it, and if they saw themselves, they were pleasant about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

In the chemical industry, cerium is widely used in oil refining and glass polishing -- as well as in flints for cigarette lighters.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Although the electric drills used today are a far cry from the handheld flints and metal tools used thousands of years ago, the objective — making a hole in the skull — is the same.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

“I’m never angry with you. It takes two flints to make a fire. You are as cool and soft as snow.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott