Worst line: “Here are me, Brian, Tom, Jim and Gregg outside our house in flint Michigan.”. From Wordnik.com. [2009 February 07 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
The cave and the flint were his first rude attempts. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
The muskets of the day were the heavy weapons known as flint-locks. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book] Reference
In the first place, are these so-called flint implements of human workmanship?. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
So the Villains lost the first reward challenge (for flint, which is for losers anyway), but they managed to dislocate. From Wordnik.com. [E! Online (US) - Top Stories] Reference
Steel/flint is probably the most reliable way. From Wordnik.com. [What is the best way to start a fire in a hurry in the outdoors without matches or a lighter] Reference
Raw materials such as flint were systematically exploited, and mining started to appear. From Wordnik.com. [Before the Pyramids...] Reference
Chert is a kind of flint, formed from the silica-rich ooze that collected on the floor of the ancient basin. From Wordnik.com. [Address at the Presidential Reconstruction Programme Launch] Reference
Besides, experiments have amply shown that even the hardest kind of flint can be drilled without the aid of metals. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Later, perhaps, came the use of a hard stone such as flint, which could be chipped into the forms of arrowheads, axes, and spear tips. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
A significant factor is the corn itself, usually a "flint" variety. From Wordnik.com. [Looking for Mexican corn on the cob] Reference
The stone was a kind of flint, extremely hard and capable of being made very sharp, and retaining its edge. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont] Reference
C'mon, take a chance, you skin flint. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2003-02-01] Reference
Do they have a different kind of flint in the east? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
It is said, "in one skull, two flint arrow-heads were found.". From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
Strike a steel against a flint, and the fire flies about you. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
You have a willing pair of ears and a flint for your powder in me. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
Fused borax, 5 parts; calcined flint, 3 parts; pure minium, 1 part. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
My hands felt something cold, a few black flint pebbles in the pocket. From Wordnik.com. [The Island] Reference
The old explorer's heart was resolute, and he set his face as a flint. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Their horses 'hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah] Reference
She went and learned how to make fire without flint before she came on the show. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Not About Yve] Reference
These shells remain after the death of the plant, and are as indestructible as flint. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
The flint finally strikes the wick enough to catch a flame and he is able to light up. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Man and the Cigarette] Reference
It took millions of years of evolution to produce the hands of a skilled flint-knapper. From Wordnik.com. [A Handy Bunch: Tools, Thumbs Helped Us Thrive] Reference
Guns were flint-locks, tinder-boxes were used until the manufacture of the friction match. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
"The face of a man can't change me; you needn't call him, I tell you it's of no use, I'm flint.". From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Approaching the kitchen from the foyer the reverb lessened until heel and floor where flint on flint. From Wordnik.com. [The Phantom] Reference
What he read was lyrical, yes, but tough-minded and visceral, too, as though his words were marinated in a peat bog and honed on flint. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Coming] Reference
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