dint
noun
force; power.
have dinted
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present perfectof dint.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"No, only one of the towers of the Bastille," he said, ruefully surveying the stick; "the brutes have dinted it."
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
A touch might have dinted her, made a dimple in a wrong place.
From Gossamer 1915 by George A. Birmingham
