1
It took only an instant to strike the flint and light a taper.
2
She struck the flint and put a lighted match to the fire.
3
He pulled a plastic lighter from his pocket and struck the flint.
4
I produced the tinder-box which I carried with me, and struck the flint.
5
He struck the flint again, and this time the fire caught.
6
He struck the flint wheel and the flame burst to life.
7
It struck the flint paving of the courtyard, sparking brightly in the descending gloom.
8
Bending close to the quick-catching tinder, Jondalar struck the flint and iron pyrite together.
9
Taking careful aim, he struck the flint core very close to the sharp rippled edge.
10
Groping for it, he struck the flint, preparing to see who was speaking to him.
11
The flint flake, she had struck the flint.
12
Your words were like the steel striking the flint, and kindling the tinder of their national ardor.
13
His words were like the hard steel that strikes the flint and brings out a shower of sparks.
14
My hand, blindly searching, struck the flint box and knocked it to the floor with a soft thump.
15
'Someone light a lantern,' he directed, and a soldier obediently struck the flint on an oil-lamp.
16
Then I took the lantern and tinder from the keg, and striking the flint, I soon had one of the candles lighted.