flinty

Example Sentences

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People try to be nice about it, but let’s face it, it’s cold, flinty and cheap looking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

His flinty 2022 debut “A Love Song” was drenched in melancholy, casting Dale Dickey and Wes Studi as aging childhood friends reunited, a tentative romance faintly sparking.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

But there is still a combination of flinty determination and composure under pressure that has restricted England to just eight victories in 46 meetings across more than a century.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

"It's a big old cheese -- there's a lot going on. The texture is beautiful: it's flinty as you break it apart; the crystalline in there are so delicate," he said.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

A man joined the woman, his eyes suspicious and flinty.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson