linty

Example Sentences

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The tendriled thing that spread across the aluminum frame was nothing other than linty fuzz that had been knocked off the backside of the blinds.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2021

He has a linty sort of laugh, not hearty or loud, but something quickly brushed off.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2010

Daddy takes a gray, linty handkerchief from his pocket.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Somewhere along the way, Pollard crossed paths with a jockey agent named Yummy, a round, toad-eyed, linty man, built low.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

I think of myself standing there in the gallery, surrounded by one-of-a-kind boutique wear and real pearls, widow-colored and linty where the Scotch tape has missed.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood