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How to use dint in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Dint means especially in by dint of: force, power. Example: “If anyone so much as dints my car, they'll be in deep shtuck.”

Examples of dint by meaning

verbTo dent.

  • And, in that moment came one, fierce and wild of aspect, in dinted casque and rusty mail who stood and watched--ah God!1915, Jeffery Farnol, Beltane The Smith

More sentences with dint

  • If anyone so much as dints my car, they'll be in deep shtuck.From the entry shtuck
  • He succeeded by dint of effort, not talent.From the entry by dint of
  • By dint of having principles at all, DWeb became a smaller tent than Web3.2022 October 4, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Battle for the Soul of the Web”, in The Atlantic. From the entry DWeb
  • UNDP has also retained a coordination role, by dint of history and because of its broad mandate.2012, Stephen Browne, “The Future of the UN Development System”, in United Nations Development Programme and System, Abingdon…. From the entry by dint of
  • Mor sat on the edge of the bed, “Lifee, baby, it was a time I was so alone I was misable and dint know it.1999, J. California Cooper, The Wake of the Wind, →ISBN, page 156. From the entry misable
  • Meanwhile, its original inhabitants were kept out by dint of force, their earlier uses of the land redefined as inappropriate or even illegal.1995, William Cronon, “The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”, in Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place…. From the entry blackfoot
  • The copy I have emphasizes that "done" ("so" or "then," in the passage from "Mordant Fleas" quoted above) by dint of tippex (white-out fluid) where the "c" should be.2003, Tom Raworth, Removed for Further Study: The Poetry of Tom Raworth, page 179. From the entry tippex
  • Bill got to college only by dint of support from a female relative and heiress (a useful WASP resource) and by scholarships, then a symbol of WASP entitlement.1989 March 19, Elizabeth Janeway, “The Brotherhood of the WASP”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2022. From the entry wasp
  • Maybe I was just in a bad mood from being in prison, or maybe, by dint of being inside, I was immune to the raging Gippermania that hit the country.2000, Lydia Millet, George Bush, Dark Prince of Love: A Presidential Romance, page 17. From the entry Gippermania

Meaning of dint

  1. noun Especially in by dint of: force, power.
  2. noun The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
  3. noun A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.

Full definition of dint

Questions about dint in a sentence

How do you use dint in a sentence?
Dint is used as a noun and verb. For example: “If anyone so much as dints my car, they'll be in deep shtuck.”
What is a short sentence with dint?
“He succeeded by dint of effort, not talent.”
What does dint mean?
Dint means especially in by dint of: force, power.

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