Flint has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | What's diamond is diamond, what's flint is flint. | |
| 2. | Centuries ago, people started fires using flint and steel. | |
| 3. | The landscape was cold and sharp as flint. | |
| 4. | Scouts can start a fire using only flint and steel. | |
| 5. | First from a flint a spark Achates drew, / and lit the leaves and dry wood heaped with care / and set the fuel flaming, as he blew. | |
| 6. | She was a fine tall woman, black and quick and fierce, with a proud way of carrying her head, and a glint from her eye like a spark from a flint. | |
| 7. | Fire glows, burns and consumes to ashes. A spark of it struck from a flint (or firestone) by means of a steel, and taken by tinder in a tinder box, lights a match, and after that a candle, or a stick, and causes a flame, or blaze, which catches hold of houses. | |
| 8. | Sand and gravel are stone broken into bits. A whetstone, flint, marble etcetera are ordinary stones. | |
| 9. | I set my face like a flint because I know I shall not be put to shame. | |
| 10. | The people who poisoned Flint and other cities for profit should be put on trial for crimes against humanity. |