splintery
Britishadjective
Vocabulary lists containing splintery
"Mississippi Solo," Vocabulary from the memoir
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"Boar Out There" by Cynthia Rylant
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"While it too often sands the complications off what you sense should feel like an uncomfortably splintery issue, in its best moments, it's a quietly fearsome piece of drama," wrote the Telegraph's Robbie Collin.
From BBC ● May 31, 2023
Fish draws Wendy’s actual surroundings in jagged, splintery black lines and gray wash.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
But if “Krisha” was a harrowing psychodrama rendered in a splintery John Cassavetes syntax, “It Comes at Night” portrays a different kind of breakdown, one etched in dim light and implacable shadows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2017
A third non-foliated rock is hornfels identified by its dense, fine-grained, hard, blocky or splintery texture composed of several silicate minerals.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The splintery wicker of the subway seat pressed through his damp pants.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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