splinter
noun
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
splinters
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pluralof splinter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof splinter (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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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It might be best not to think about splinters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
I also wanted to understand if my treatment, which forced me to excavate painful childhood memories lodged beneath the surface, like splinters the skin had long healed over, could help others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
As attention splinters and our realities feel increasingly fractured, it makes sense that Coachella would begin to mirror that condition, each version just real enough to feel like the whole thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
Most top directors can’t act to save their lives, which is why they tend to appear as themselves and stick out like splinters.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
Both boats were state- of-the-art shells—Pocock’s latest and greatest, sleek splinters of cedar, the Husky Clipper and the California Clipper.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
