Splinters is an English word with synonyms like wood. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Splinters meaning
plural of splinter
Synonyms of Splinters
Using Splinters
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of splinter
- Useful related words include: matchwood, wood.
- In the example corpus, splinters often appears in combinations such as: splinters of, the splinters, of splinters.
Context around Splinters
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Splinters
- In this selection, "splinters" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wood, darkness, 167, simon, shrapnel and having stand out and add context to how "splinters" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the splinters and all the splinters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "splinters" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with splinters
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Still mad about the splinters? (5 words)
Splinters of mortar shells fell inside the houses. (8 words)
Some of the puppies also had wood splinters in their stool. (11 words)
Nonetheless, Trump could be a harbinger of structural changes in our system, either by summoning a new, durable coalition or more likely engendering a revulsion that either splinters the Republican Party or forces it into fundamental restructuring. (37 words)
Not an easy choice in a category this roundly impressive; the inclusion of “A House Made of Splinters,” Simon Lereng Wilmont’s deeply moving film set in a Ukrainian children’s shelter, is especially heartening. (35 words)
During the arrests, the police seized a significant amount of explosive materials, including 15 gelatin sticks, 167 splinters (shrapnel inside IED), 1 safety fuse wire, and 3 non-electric detonators. (30 words)
Still mad about the splinters? (5 words)
Example sentences (20)
Not an easy choice in a category this roundly impressive; the inclusion of “A House Made of Splinters,” Simon Lereng Wilmont’s deeply moving film set in a Ukrainian children’s shelter, is especially heartening.
Some of the puppies also had wood splinters in their stool.
The one thing that is clear is that Darkness Splinters are associated with one of 's secret Triumphs.
During the arrests, the police seized a significant amount of explosive materials, including 15 gelatin sticks, 167 splinters (shrapnel inside IED), 1 safety fuse wire, and 3 non-electric detonators.
Each biome has a capacity limit of 20 Night Thorns or Splinters of Fate.
The witness is to be cross-examined regarding a spot panchnama conducted at the site of the blast for identification of shrapnels, splinters and other material seized from the spot.
She appears to emerge relatively unscathed, and picking splinters of wood from herself, gets to her feet and reverses the car off the razed egg-stall.
Splinters of mortar shells fell inside the houses.
Still mad about the splinters?
Use a soft damp cloth as it picks up all the splinters.
Nonetheless, Trump could be a harbinger of structural changes in our system, either by summoning a new, durable coalition or more likely engendering a revulsion that either splinters the Republican Party or forces it into fundamental restructuring.
All of this is true enough; John Cheever, in his journals, lamented that, alongside Bellow's fiction, his stories seemed like mere suburban splinters.
A physician, Slanina, packed the chest wound, while another doctor, Walter Diek, tried unsuccessfully to remove the splinters.
Defects due to seasoning are the main cause of splinters and slivers.
He later fronted a singing quartet called "Eddie Wood's Little Splinters", having learned to play a variety of string instruments.
Henry was carried to the Château de Tournelles, where five splinters of wood were extracted from his head, one of which had pierced his eye and brain.
Moby Dick smashes the three boats that seek him into splinters and tangles their lines.
Nevertheless, all of the fragments were replaced except for a few small splinters.
Pettegree, 154. Henry reeled out of the clash, his face pouring blood, with splinters "of a good bigness" sticking out of his eye and head.
Polyester is an excellent material for modern slings, because it does not rot or stretch and is soft and free of splinters.
Common combinations with splinters
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- splinters of 7×
- the splinters 5×
- of splinters 4×
- splinters and 3×
- wood splinters 2×
- with splinters 2×
- splinters from 2×