Examples of sliver in a Sentence
Noun
I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger.
Verb
carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry
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Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2026
Samsung’s other smaller foldable phones only recently started to gain momentum after first going on sale roughly seven years ago, and foldables still only account for a sliver of the broader smartphone market.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Nov. 2025
More mint chocolate is joined by toasted coconut, praline, slivered almonds, gingersnaps, and continued rye spice.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Clinical numbers aside, the Turbo S feels breathtakingly quick from the driver’s seat, with a tremendous wallop of thrust surging it to breakneck speeds in what feels like slivers of time.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2026
Samsung’s other smaller foldable phones only recently started to gain momentum after first going on sale roughly seven years ago, and foldables still only account for a sliver of the broader smartphone market.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
Walnuts or slivered almonds would be great here as well.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Nov. 2025
More mint chocolate is joined by toasted coconut, praline, slivered almonds, gingersnaps, and continued rye spice.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sliver. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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