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
Their overalls and shirts seemed to be tom on purpose and the cotton lint and dust in their hair gave them the appearance of people who had turned gray in the past few hours.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
