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Flinty in a sentence

Flinty meaning

  1. Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint.
  2. Siliceous (including basanite).
  3. Showing a lack of emotion.

Synonyms of Flinty

silica silicon oxide silicon dioxide granitic obdurate stony hardhearted heartless

Related words

Other words often associated with Flinty or its synonyms:

oxide hard unrepentant spiritless rough obstinate rocky uncompassionate unregenerate bouldered cussed unfeeling

Using Flinty

  • The main meaning on this page is: Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint. | Siliceous (including basanite). | Showing a lack of emotion.
  • Useful related words include: silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide, granitic.
  • In the example corpus, flinty often appears in combinations such as: of flinty, flinty and, flinty moral.

Context around Flinty

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

finish 1× create 1× include 1×

Often after:

moral 2× acid 1× hitchhiker 1× nick 1× fault 1× carer 1× hills 1× cheeses 1× notes 1×

Sentence patterns with Flinty

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

as the flinty carer suspected 1× chardonnay include flinty notes with 1× company of flinty hitchhiker dot 1× contemplative or flinty and eruptive 1× flawed but flinty and effective 1× had a flinty nick and 1× kind of flinty moral courage 1× persona of flinty moral rectitude 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a heart warming 1× dropping a friend 1× it seems heydon 1× kathy bates is 1× nyrond lies between 1× the front palate 1×

Common sentence endings:

and superb lentils 1× dot selena gomez 1× finish flinty acid 1× flinty and eruptive 1× flinty fault finding 1× flinty moral courage 1×

Words around Flinty

Just before it in the word index:

flintstones 32 flintstone 13 flintshire 111 flints 6 flintroy 2 flintridge 9

Just after it in the word index:

flip 1.334 flipboard 9 flipbook 3 flipdish 2 flipflops 2 flipkart 157

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Flinty

  • In this selection, "flinty" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, finish, create, include, moral, acid and hitchhiker stand out and add context to how "flinty" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as the flinty carer suspected and chardonnay include flinty notes with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "flinty" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with flinty

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 volcanic soils create flinty cheeses and superb lentils. (9 words)

Dropping a friend means making a judgment call, and that can smack of flinty fault-finding. (16 words)

The front palate displays vibrant golden peach flavour, the middle palate fig, melon, nutmeg and cashew oak and the finish flinty acid. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Nyrond lies between the Nesser River and Franz River to the west, the Harp River and Flinty Hills to the east, Relmor Bay to the south, and the Theocracy of the Pale to the north. (35 words)

It seems Heydon's public persona of flinty moral rectitude is just as hypocritical as his lofty refrain that "black letter law" judges don't allow their ideological biases to sully their judgments. (33 words)

They were dreadful away to Georgia and outclassed in Switzerland, toiled for 180 minutes against Gibraltar and flawed but flinty and effective at home to the Swiss and in both games with Denmark. (33 words)

Example sentences (12)

The front palate displays vibrant golden peach flavour, the middle palate fig, melon, nutmeg and cashew oak and the finish flinty acid.

Though he often seems settled into one of them lately, Gilmour always had his feet in two distinct worlds: He's by turns brooding and contemplative or flinty and eruptive.

A heart-warming road movie ensues as they somehow end up crossing America in the company of flinty hitchhiker Dot (Selena Gomez).

It seems Heydon's public persona of flinty moral rectitude is just as hypocritical as his lofty refrain that "black letter law" judges don't allow their ideological biases to sully their judgments.

They were dreadful away to Georgia and outclassed in Switzerland, toiled for 180 minutes against Gibraltar and flawed but flinty and effective at home to the Swiss and in both games with Denmark.

Together, they had a flinty Nick-and-Nora charm — two smart, charming people whose mutual attraction was something they needed to hide.

Dropping a friend means making a judgment call, and that can smack of flinty fault-finding.

Kathy Bates is terrific as the flinty carer suspected of murdering her well-off charge; the intervention of her estranged journalist daughter (Jennifer Jason Leigh) triggers flashbacks to their traumatic shared past.

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No one will do it perfectly — human beings are fallible, after all — but to do it well requires a kind of flinty moral courage.

Nyrond lies between the Nesser River and Franz River to the west, the Harp River and Flinty Hills to the east, Relmor Bay to the south, and the Theocracy of the Pale to the north.

The volcanic soils create flinty cheeses and superb lentils.

While the exact style of the wine varies by producer, some of the terroir characteristics associated with California Chardonnay include "flinty" notes with the Russian River Valley and mango and guava from Monterey.

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Common combinations with flinty

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "flinty" in a sentence?
An example: "The front palate displays vibrant golden peach flavour, the middle palate fig, melon, nutmeg and cashew oak and the finish flinty acid." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "flinty" from authentic English texts.
What does "flinty" mean?
Flinty means: Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint.
What are synonyms of "flinty"?
Common synonyms of "flinty" include: silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide, granitic, obdurate, stony, hardhearted, heartless.
How many example sentences with "flinty" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "flinty", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.