flinty

Peake’s staid and knowing portrayal stands in contrast and complement to that of Petticrew, whose resolute manner vacillates between a flinty swagger and true anguish.

Still, she was able to relate to Marian, the quiet yet flinty younger sister who looks up to the fiery Dolours.

And when I suggested that my flinty grandmother had probably insisted my mother give the child up, he said no.

The flinty Lee remains stoic, speaking through her work, drowning her emotions in booze and pills.

Banks, on the other hand, brings a flinty mean streak to the striving Hope.