lint

Example Sentences

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Thirteen billion dollars, beaten by a lint trap.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

“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

On the fifth floor, inspectors said, inmates were triple-bunked in a hot cell block where the air conditioners were filled with lint.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Gravity, lint, signs, time itself, is not going to go out of style.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

She reached out and picked off a piece of lint from his hair, and then hit his head lightly Their fluid, bantering rapport made Ifemelu uncomfortable.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie