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Flints is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Flints in a sentence

Related words

Flints | Flint | Flintshire | Flintstones | Flintstone

Flints meaning

plural of flint

Using Flints

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of flint
  • In the example corpus, flints often appears in combinations such as: flints could.

Context around Flints

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

british 1× american 1× placed 1× knapped 1×

Often after:

used 1× varies 1×

Sentence patterns with Flints

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

british flints could fire 1× carefully placed flints 1× neatly knapped flints varies between 1× note the flints used in 1× pottery and flints 1× while american flints could fire 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

british flints could 1× ground penetrating radar 1× on a logistical 1× one site was 1× the height of 1×

Common sentence endings:

carefully placed flints 1× on the battlefield 1× pottery and flints 1× rounds before resharpening 1× varies between convert 1×

Words around Flints

Just before it in the word index:

flintroy 2 flintridge 9 flinton 5 flintoff 27 flintlocks 3 flintlock 21

Just after it in the word index:

flintshire 111 flintstone 13 flintstones 32 flinty 12 flip 1.334 flipboard 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Flints

  • In this selection, "flints" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, british, american, placed, used and varies stand out and add context to how "flints" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include british flints could fire and carefully placed flints. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "flints" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with flints

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The height of the very neatly knapped flints varies between convert. (11 words)

On a logistical note, the flints used in British weapons also put them at a disadvantage on the battlefield. (19 words)

British flints could fire only 6 rounds before requiring re-sharpening, while American flints could fire 60 rounds before resharpening. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Ground penetrating radar recently picked up evidence of a 30ft structure beneath the ground at Blick Meade which when excavated this summer was found to be made from carefully placed flints. (31 words)

One site was behind the parking lot of the Byblos Cinema and showed collapsed walls, pits, floors, charcoal, pottery and flints. (21 words)

British flints could fire only 6 rounds before requiring re-sharpening, while American flints could fire 60 rounds before resharpening. (20 words)

Example sentences (5)

British flints could fire only 6 rounds before requiring re-sharpening, while American flints could fire 60 rounds before resharpening.

Ground penetrating radar recently picked up evidence of a 30ft structure beneath the ground at Blick Meade which when excavated this summer was found to be made from carefully placed flints.

On a logistical note, the flints used in British weapons also put them at a disadvantage on the battlefield.

One site was behind the parking lot of the Byblos Cinema and showed collapsed walls, pits, floors, charcoal, pottery and flints.

The height of the very neatly knapped flints varies between convert.

Common combinations with flints

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "flints" in a sentence?
An example: "British flints could fire only 6 rounds before requiring re-sharpening, while American flints could fire 60 rounds before resharpening." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "flints" from authentic English texts.
What does "flints" mean?
Flints means: plural of flint
How many example sentences with "flints" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "flints", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.