- present participle of splinter.
splintering
Example Sentences
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The estate of Wuthering Heights is foreboding and dark, with rocks splintering through the walls, while Linton’s Thrushcross Grange bears a Victorian aesthetic, containing the outside world.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Individual investors kicked off 2026 by taking a page from the playbook of global central banks and stockpiling gold as a hedge against a splintering world order.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026
“Even if there is some post-crackdown splintering, the nucleus of the regime now has even more incentive to stick together.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
The retirement marks a further splintering of Apple’s AI efforts, with more of Giannandrea’s portfolio getting spread out through Apple’s organization.
From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025
Above us hammer blows and splintering wood showed where a squad of trained searchers was probing for the secret room.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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