lint

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“I can’t tell you how many people think their phone is dead because there is pocket lint in the port,” says Wiens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

On the fifth floor, inspectors said, inmates were triple-bunked in a hot cell block where the air conditioners were filled with lint.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Gravity, lint, signs, time itself, is not going to go out of style.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

A hairdresser tamed a few stray wisps from her trademark onion-shaped hairstyle as another assistant ran a lint roller over her embroidered black jacket.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

The bread was in the oven and Luke was picking up lint by hand from the living room rug when he heard tires on the gravel driveway.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix