Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling flint; stony.

Etymologies

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flint +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Tastanaki gathered himself, a new, flintlike edge to his resolve.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Tastanaki gathered himself, a new, flintlike edge to his resolve.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Her expression was of flintlike hardness, but her eyes held absolute love.

    TOO MANY MURDERS Colleen McCullough 2009

  • Neutron-activation analysis of 10 flintlike pieces of jasper, used to start fires, reveal trace elements present only in jasper from western Greenland and Iceland.

    The Ancient Mariners 2008

  • Ahead of her, presently, she saw an outcropping of dark, flintlike rock that sloped upward into what looked like a rugged crag rising among the trees.

    Conan The Warrior Howard, Robert E. 1973

  • Ahead of her, presently, she saw an outcropping of dark, flintlike rock that sloped upward into what looked like a rugged crag rising among the trees.

    Conan The Warrior Howard, Robert E. 1967

  • Time's hand had softened the harsh stone into mellow beauty; but the flintlike characters of the Howes and

    The Wall Between Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • Malcolm Neil sat like a graven image, no expression showing on his flintlike face nor in his eyes.

    The Gray Dawn Stewart Edward White 1909

  • It serves no real purpose and it could be argued that behind its richly coloured flags are flintlike faces devoted to the simple acquisition of incredible wealth.

    1000 Words Rss 2010

  • In vivid detail, with only the flintlike hardness in his eyes revealing his emotions, the witness had recalled how the young woman had been dragged into the main basement meeting room wearing a hood and how she’d looked when the hood had been removed.

    Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010

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