splintered
Example Sentences
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“Immediately noticeable were the sagging eaves, the multitude of leaks from the roof, the dried out, splintered mahogany and the battered exterior woodwork, which had suffered seven decades of winds from the Sound.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Other chapters, written in splintered, sharply poeticized fragments, assume Gelsomina’s point of view.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
When he climbed the heap of slurry, he saw splintered furniture and ruined papers, but one thing remained intact.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
And like all of television, reality is facing splintered and waning audiences so the decibel level of that conversation-sparking is often dialed way up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
As it splintered away, it pulled a little puff of dirt from the ground, spraying it into the zmeyok’s eyes.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
