lint

Example Sentences

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“I can’t tell you how many people think their phone is dead because there is pocket lint in the port,” says Wiens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

As he put it, “The speed of light is never going to go out of style. Gravity, lint, signs, time itself, is not going to go out of style.”

From Salon • May 22, 2024

A hairdresser tamed a few stray wisps from her trademark onion-shaped hairstyle as another assistant ran a lint roller over her embroidered black jacket.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

If Kate DiCamillo wrote a book about a box of Swiffer refills, it would probably make us chortle and sob about lint.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

I kept my eyes planted on the floor, counting the specks of mud and lint.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros