How to Use dint in a Sentence

dint

noun

• Alice, by dint of her sharp tongue and her Rooney-ness, holds the reins most firmly.
  — Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
• By dint of these factors, blood cancers have long served as a proving ground for new cancer treatments.
  — Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2020
• Donna and John Keen survived the flood by dint of good luck and the whims of rushing water.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
• Combs are a little more forgiving, by dint of their design and the materials out of which they're made.
  — Jolie Kerr, Esquire, 28 Apr. 2017
• Everything is so loud and so bold as to be unmissable, except by dint of being overwhelmed by everything else.
  — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2017
• In other words, the global wealth creation system has tipped in favor of those who achieve it by dint of their own efforts within their lifetimes.
  — Justin Doebele, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
• Madhavan, who is also a producer on the film, managed all three roles by dint of separation.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 May 2022
• What do the thousand nine hundred and ninety-six other students think about their four peers becoming the first-among-equals by dint of being filmed?
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2020
• This cycle is also historic by dint of Ohtani being the first Japanese player to record one.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 13 June 2019
• But along the way the limits of human endurance were redefined and the world became smaller by dint of human endeavor.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2019
• By dint of sheer numbers, 870s have undoubtedly broken more targets than any other trap gun.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 5 May 2020
• By dint of having principles at all, DWeb became a smaller tent than Web3.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2022
• Men usually hold the levers of power by dint of the self-righteousness that is expected from their gender, but women can master the game as well.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2020
• Let’s concede for a moment, just by dint of statistics, that this guy has to be white and live in a suburb of a secondary or tertiary metropolis.
  — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
• By dint of its longevity and evolving ensemble cast, Saturday Night Live doesn’t stay the same for very long.
  — Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2022
• In other words, people who finish college may already be more likely to earn a higher income purely by dint of their character than those who do not.
  — Jarrett Skorup, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
• Not just by dint of wealth, though that helps, but because the region is carved up into separate jurisdictions with seemingly no logic.
  — Meghan Daum, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
• The second section deals with the military and civil servants and the courtiers who excelled by dint of their literary skills or musical genius.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
• By dint of its jutting geography, Florida bears more of the nation’s hurricane hits than any other state.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2022
• The turnaround at the most unlikely Five Below continues through dint of great management.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
• That brought the tally over two legs to 3-3, giving Spurs passage to the final round by dint of the team’s superior away goals tally.
  — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
• There’s no perfection that isn’t fleeting, that isn’t fragile, that won’t be violated by the dint of the clock passing 15 minutes.
  — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
• But, by opening their economy to the world, and by dint of their people’s hard work, Chinese leaders have lifted hundreds of millions from poverty.
  — Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2019
• But the thought that Steyer may have juked his way to second place in some of the polls, solely by dint of having the money to maximize attention, should be sobering.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2020
• The winner, by dint of representing the nation’s media capital, is likely to have an outsize role in the national debate.
  — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
• The bad news is there's a chance that Warren, who is in the top tier of contenders, and Klobuchar, who is eager to stand out, could eviscerate him by dint of comparison.
  — Jonathan Allen, NBC News, 26 June 2019
• To the east lies the city park of Runyon Canyon, where the beautiful people get more beautiful by dint of strenuous hiking and dog-walking.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
• By dint of hard work and proximity to the White House decision-making process, his power would come to surpass that of most cabinet members.
  — Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 27 June 2018
• Perhaps because of his background in the military or perhaps just by dint of disposition, Dickson adhered strictly to the chain of command.
  — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 26 May 2022
• In George Lucas’s universe, Novogratz would presumably play the role of resident Yoda by dint of age and stature.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2018