sliver
Example Sentences
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Why this story stuck with me: This story captured a sliver of the irreverent joy that Bill Walton brought to everyone he touched, including me.
From Los Angeles Times
The reading provided a sliver of light for rate cuts, after traders pared their bets on a fourth successive reduction in January following the Federal Reserve's policy decision last week.
From Barron's
Even though $6.25 billion is only a sliver of Michael Dell’s net worth, which the Bloomberg Billionaires Index put at $141 billion when last I looked, the Dells are being amazingly generous.
From Barron's
Mr Mohammed says that his father and grandfather had dug through these plots for decades but discovered nothing more that "dust and slivers of quartz".
From BBC
Owens would walk home from school to find peanut-butter sandwiches with a sliver of banana waiting for her and her 10 brothers and sisters.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
