splintery

Example Sentences

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"While it too often sands the complications off what you sense should feel like an uncomfortably splintery issue, in its best moments, it's a quietly fearsome piece of drama," wrote the Telegraph's Robbie Collin.

From BBC • May 31, 2023

This was the solution for my splintery basement floor.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2022

We ascended the Santa Monica Pier’s weather-eaten, splintery steps and walked to the end and back.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2021

Playing with Mr. Sorey here, he often reduced Monk’s song themes to scaffolds and wisps; his own chiming, splintery swing feels attested to Monk’s long shadow, even in a context dominated by free improvisation.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2017

The bunk beds with their scuffed, splintery ladders are still there.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan