Examples of “flint” in a Sentence

noun A hard, fine-grained rock that produces sparks when struck against steel.

• He used flint to make a fire.
• Early humans used flint to make sharp tools and start fires.
• In a cornfield on one side flakings of flint are numerous. — Allen Jesse Reynolds, Wilson Straley (1916)
• He struck the flint against the steel to make a bright spark.
• The plowed field was full of sharp gray flints.

noun A small piece of hard material used in a lighter to create a spark.

• The lighter wouldn't work until we replaced the flint.
• The lighter needs a new flint before it will work again.
• A worn flint makes no spark, so the lighter stays dark.