sliver
noun
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
slivers
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pluralof sliver.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Their actions amount to anecdotal slivers, book-reading, coffee-drinking, staring out the window—in a word, stage business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Alongside heaping plates of spiced rice — filled with generous chunks of tender mutton and buttery marrow and slivers of fried golden onions — were bowls of a humble condiment.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
Mr Mohammed says that his father and grandfather had dug through these plots for decades but discovered nothing more that "dust and slivers of quartz".
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Those tactics included secretly cornering slivers of the financial markets and “watering” stock—defrauding investors by issuing shares well above their book value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
Enough to break the silence into small, sharp slivers.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
