He scarce scrupled a penny after I gave him leave to try a sword dint upon it. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
By dint of thinking and of suffering, I understand. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Alas, by dint of their size, their reach is limited. From Wordnik.com. [Anis Shivani: Short Stories: Writers Talk About The Form To Anis Shivani] Reference
And by dint of saying this she lost the meaning of it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The new tax — by dint of being a new tax — is unpopular. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man Walking?] Reference
Ah, the good ol 'days, when I dint know anything about her. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
By dint of composing his machine in his head and studying it on paper. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
By dint of this persistence, Reine by degrees lost her self-confidence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
By dint of preaching about the danger in certain reading for young girls. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
By dint of a little hasty repairing the saddle could be used temporarily. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
By dint of the attrition engendered by attaining her own current location. From Wordnik.com. [E (novel extract)] Reference
We are forced, by dint of our paid employment, to indulge a genetic compulsion. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Rayner on overeating] Reference
By dint of much searching and hard riding he had gathered a gunny-sack full of it. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
This cleric is arrogantly assuming that he can say whatever he wants by dint of being a cleric. From Wordnik.com. [Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Muslim Cleric Loses His Head] Reference
The crisis passed safely by dint of loving care and good nursing, but her convalescence was slow. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
She was not exceptionally brilliant; she rose to the top, and stayed there, by dint of determination. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Of Means] Reference
In Malaysia, criminal prosecutions often seem to have a political taint by dint of history and media. From Wordnik.com. [Joshua Treviño: What Anwar's Trial Really Means] Reference
By dint of effort, also, Falmouth was created a distinct parish, freed from St. Budock and St. Gluvias. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
It ignores changing cultural values and the power of persuasion, not least by dint of appealing to reason. From Wordnik.com. [A Revolution Of the Mind] Reference
Her straight brown hair had been coaxed by dint of two rows of curl papers to hang in shining brown curls. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
Now, by sheer dint of hard work -- very little of it inside the Beltway -- he is on every insider's screen. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Who's For Real In Democrats' Race] Reference
The Japanese thrive by dint of virtues once considered distinctively American: hard work, thrift, ingenuity. From Wordnik.com. [Coming To Terms With Japan] Reference
Still, many U.K. commentators believe the remarks are a dint in Mr. Cameron's reputation for foreign affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Islamabad Calls In Envoy After British Comments] Reference
So it would seem that man must be a void and that by dint of delving unto himself he reaches the last turn of. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
By dint of great labor much of this was rescued and the travelers pushed on as far as Thompson's Ferry in Perry. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Though very delicate, by dint of studious nights, close economy and many privations, she prepared herself for this work. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
By dint of patience and exceedingly slow movements, Goliad was at last reached, and a shelter and bed secured for our patient. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
One bull at length fell a little behind the rest, and by dint of much effort I urged my horse within six or eight yards of his side. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
At length, by dint of hard canvassing, we obtained the aid of two English sailors, whom I nicknamed "Big and Little Chips," and some. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
Hill, were retold, and by dint of entreaty and expostulation the distressed inhabitants were led to go to work to patch up the ruins. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
Such historical data are the most telling indicators of reliability, because older sets are the most likely to have broken by dint of their age. From Wordnik.com. [LCD TV reliability—Why Vizio isn't in our repair history] Reference
The conventional wisdom seemed to be that those teams, by dint of their superior play and records, had earned the right to do whatever they wanted. From Wordnik.com. [NFL: Rough Justice] Reference
Colleges across the country are locked in a spiraling amenities race, desperately competing to lure new students by dint of sheer, unbridled extravagance. From Wordnik.com. [IN CASE YOU WONDERED] Reference
Frankly, but for our mutual affection for sports, we usually don't have that much in common -- not by dint of background, education or, most certainly, income. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Bora, Bora, Bora] Reference
Whereas former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi enhanced his office mostly by dint of charismatic leadership, his successor has begun to do so institutionally. From Wordnik.com. [Tokyo's Own White House] Reference
Research published by ACOG July 1 concluded that home births, by dint of insufficient access to medical care, significantly increased newborns 'mortality risk. From Wordnik.com. [Planning a home birth? Read this first.] Reference
By dint of infinite tact, and the loyal cooperation of Miles Herrick, she somehow achieved it, and the majority of the picnickers enjoyed themselves immensely. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
It's because Washington is "broke," argues Todd Purdum in Vanity Fair, meaning broken by an excess of lobbying money and not broke by dint of fiscal profligacy. From Wordnik.com. [From Hope To Nope] Reference
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