splinter
noun
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
splintered
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past participleof splinter.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof splinter.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
splinternouna small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
Example Sentences
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A splintered vote could open the door for Pelphrey, extraordinary as the deeply flawed single dad on “Task.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“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
Its army eventually withdrew and the Islamist militants left behind splintered and turned against each other.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
The broken glass clicked, ground, and splintered beneath his heel.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
