Example Sentences

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Now this very coalition is splintering as his support spirals downward.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

The estate of Wuthering Heights is foreboding and dark, with rocks splintering through the walls, while Linton’s Thrushcross Grange bears a Victorian aesthetic, containing the outside world.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Individual investors kicked off 2026 by taking a page from the playbook of global central banks and stockpiling gold as a hedge against a splintering world order.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

“Even if there is some post-crackdown splintering, the nucleus of the regime now has even more incentive to stick together.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

The piano jerked out of our hands, sending us lurching forward, and bounced into the house, splintering the door frame.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls