| They negotiate the dicey line between mimicry and mockery partly by dint of fascination with details. |
| But one day by dint of sheer chance and perverse good luck Vernon happened to be struck by a rather smashing train of thought. |
| The extent to which beliefs can be modified by doubt gives me a bit of a fingerhold onto how beliefs can be chosen by dint of one's will. |
| Though they came close when they stole a crane and deposited a Volkswagen Beetle in the Guest room by dint of tearing a huge hole in the roof. |
| Subsequent generations of Biblicists have followed suit, and by dint of their efforts they have legitimated and routinized the right of an individual to criticize the sacred. |
| Pies are always less fancy than cakes, by dint of their modest shape and humble nature. |
