splinter
noun
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
is splintering
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present progressiveof splinter (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The serious journalism Margaret aspires to do is splintering under our distrust of who controls the megaphones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Now this very coalition is splintering as his support spirals downward.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2026
Because the wood is splintering and moving up and down, there is probably not a clean break.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2021
On Wednesday, Sept. 30, at noon Eastern the Free Speech Project will host an hourlong online discussion about how the single global internet is splintering into smaller ones with geographic borders.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2020
As made with defeat, It blows more and more hard; There is bursting of sheet, There is splintering of yard.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
