splinter

Example Sentences

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Board games, trips, giant projects that give everyone splinters.

From Literature

The box shattered with a resounding crack, and I threw my hands up as needle-sharp splinters of glass sprayed in all directions.

From Literature

Speak the speech, I pray you, but not in such a way that splinters the overall story.

From Los Angeles Times

The anti-Assad forces were splintered, mutually mistrustful and prone to looting; the areas they controlled descended into anarchy.

From Los Angeles Times

Now this very coalition is splintering as his support spirals downward.

From Salon