splintery
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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
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
A third non-foliated rock is hornfels identified by its dense, fine-grained, hard, blocky or splintery texture composed of several silicate minerals.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The hull listed to one side, and a very large, splintery gash marred the bow.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing splintery
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