How to Use flinty in a Sentence

flinty

adjective

• The few words Reid did say were often flinty and fiery.
  — Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 12 Jan. 2022
• But the cold, dark months also brought a few shows that warmed our flinty hearts.
  — oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2021
• The trade-off is a ride that can be flinty when driving over rough stretches of road.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 9 Oct. 2017
• For example, the ride is flinty and can be a little too stiff for day-to-day use.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2022
• Absence makes even the flinty New England heart grow fonder.
  — Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2021
• One eyelid droops a little over a flinty blue eye, two fingers on his left hand were lost to a buzz saw a decade ago.
  — Ana Swanson, Washington Post, 6 June 2017
• These were more efficient than thin flinty rocks, which can't sustain a sharp edge.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Jan. 2020
• About as tall as and slightly wider than Reath himself, dark gray, with rounded edges and a flinty, flaky surface.
  — David Bressan, Forbes, 4 May 2021
• In Ojibwa, the river is called biwanag sibi or flinty river.
  — Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2018
• Gaffney, in a welcome return to the San Diego stage, owns the role of this flinty but sympathetic character.
  — James Hebert, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 May 2018
• What’s left doesn’t give Chastain a whole lot to play aside from good manners, sharp comebacks and the kind of flinty resilience that has become the actress’ stock-in-trade.
  — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 28 June 2018
• So, take a chance on a bold Portuguese red or a flinty Hungarian white and celebrate Wine Day in style.
  — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 19 May 2021
• Keep a couple of hankies handy, because the play will likely soften the flintiest hearts in the audience.
  — F. Kathleen Foley, latimes.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• But mostly the book is the equivalent of a flinty, modern dame holding her own in a room full of condescending men.
  — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 27 May 2022
• The extended period of severe cold has begun to get on the nerves of even the flintiest of New Englanders.
  — CBS News, 8 Jan. 2018
• But Cordae is also flinty about being pegged as the new embodiment of Woke Rap.
  — August Brown, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
• He's gone for long stretches, and impoverished Rosie comes to rely on herself and the land, as well as the flinty kindness of her odd neighbor Billy.
  — Marci Schmitt, Star Tribune, 4 July 2021
• Their flinty dynamic powers and shapes the ensuing episodes.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2021
• The death of Andy Warhol prompted these flinty mavericks to create a series of songs about their early champion.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2019
• Lingua Franca's Pinot Noir has a flinty finish with plum and red-cherry tones, reminders that the property was once a fruit orchard.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 6 May 2018
• And Crawford, his flinty good looks partly hidden by a dark beard and coarsened by the cold Utah air, all but buries David in an inchoate weave of jealousy, confusion and fury.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
• Mosel Valley Riesling’s leanness and flinty character is said to come from the red and blue limestone in which it is cultivated.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2022
• Doherty, who broke out as the flinty Princess Anne in The Crown, is marvelous in a role that’s simultaneously magnetic and off-putting.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022
• Perched on the balcony of his floating home — a wood cabin with portholes, tethered to a dock on the Alameda waterfront — Bob Houlihan wore the flinty expression of a man ready for battle.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2022
• But race was only one of several obstacles in Reconstruction’s path, and the others were enough to make even the flintiest pessimist weep.
  — Allen Guelzo, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2017
• Handling is nimble, as expected from a compact sports sedan, but we were disappointed with the lack of steering feel and the flinty ride quality.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 16 Dec. 2022
• At the time, Summitt, whose flinty-eyed visage on the magazine’s cover left no doubt that the founder of the Lady Vols’ Tennessee basketball empire was no one to trifle with, was in her prime.
  — Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2018
• Director David Bennett probably has a Miss Tracy-style, iron-fist-in-velvet-glove voice, and has coaxed funny but flinty performances from the cast.
  — Brendan Kiley, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
• Over a three-hour coffee of life experiences, and a subsequent casting test, Chou saw his fierce, flinty character.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2023
• Although some Volvos can exhibit a sharp, flinty ride, our test car's air springs helped lend it a comfortable comportment that never felt uncouth.
  — Annie White, Car and Driver, 16 July 2021

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024