splinter
noun
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
had splintered
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past perfectof splinter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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His prospects may have been boosted by a last minute deal to reunite an opposition bloc that had splintered on Friday over whether he should be the candidate.
From Reuters ● Mar. 6, 2023
By mid-2021, Ms. Snyder’s Facebook group had splintered.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
There had been some issues when the second arch was being installed last year after part of the wood had splintered, city officials said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
The 12-man Special Forces team, part of the secretive effort to destabilize the communist insurgency’s presence in Cambodia, had splintered by the time Benavidez leaped from a helicopter onto the battlefield.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2020
At the summit, lightning had splintered the giant pine tree.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
