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a flinty and determined hero
a flinty warrior hardened by years of battle
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Here, with a flinty gaze and revolutionary fervor, Taylor casts maternal instinct to the winds.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Inglesby writes sensitive but flinty women with a gentle yet edgy, masterful touch.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Roberts plays a flinty college professor who is caught up in the crossfire between the accusor and the accused.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Maria is a wonderfully textured character, at turns flinty and cold and vivacious and funny, and Maura is adept at embodying all sides to this woman.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Inglesby writes sensitive but flinty women with a gentle yet edgy, masterful touch.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Roberts plays a flinty college professor who is caught up in the crossfire between the accusor and the accused.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Maria is a wonderfully textured character, at turns flinty and cold and vivacious and funny, and Maura is adept at embodying all sides to this woman.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flinty
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“Flinty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flinty. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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