Word: dint
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When asked as to the qualifications needed for the ministry, Bishop Lawrence replied "you do not need any specific qualifications; by dint of hard work and firmly believing in 'God my father, Christ the Saviour, man my brother' you can make a successful minister...
While the members of the class in Sever 5 were engaged, yesterday morning in reading from Chaucer, a pigeon forced entrance to the room, and by dint of a terrifically clamorous cooing from the dark recesses of the ceiling, forced them to the extremities of distinct articulation in order to be understood...
Finding out about the somewhat commercialized romance between Gustave Morand and Rosette Pompon, ex-dancer, the young man who has been vainly assaulting Gustave's wife's marital stability pretends to be Rosette's ex-dancing partner. By dint of robust blackmail, he persuades the perturbed husband to take him into his home as secretary, thus facilitating his campaign. The resultant complications are judiciously distributed through two acts...
During the Great War Colonel Eustace served as guide to the British Expeditionary Force which marched on German East Africa. It was largely by dint of his own skill in piloting the army through the jungle that the British were able to attack and capture the German colony from the rear...
...large delegation from the Rowing Committee followed the shell and Dr. Howe expressed himself as well pleased with the work-out. Although rowing alone, Crew A, starting at the Cambridge Boat Club, kept a high beat throughout the early stretches of the course, and by dint of a well-timed spurt near the finish went over the line in good form with a time record which is all the more encouraging in view of the fact that it is the initial spin over a four-mile stretch...