How to Use splinter in a Sentence

splinter

1 of 2 noun

• I got a splinter in my finger.
• There were splinters of glass everywhere.
• There’s splinters on the floor.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025
• The score surges and splinters, and the world is askew.
  — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
• Was a splinter by the size of your straws that caused it all.
  — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
• Wood splinters that looked like spears were strewn about inside.
  — Bracey Harris, NBC News, 10 May 2023
• The ground shakes and the hardwood splinters.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
• While some of the splinter groups were once polygamous, many no longer are.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2019
• The syntax of reason splinters by the hour.
  — Alaa Alqaisi august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
• The synthetic decking is splinter free and roomy enough to set up small tents.
  — al, 14 Nov. 2022
• Among them are splinter groups, who are also at odds with one another.
  — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 6 Feb. 2022
• Congress can swing the axe but taxpayers pick up the splinters.
  — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• To crack this cold case, the team would need to find and follow a splinter of forensic debris.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• Bricks, scorched wood frame splinters and other debris are scattered there.
  — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 23 Apr. 2026
• And for an abuela who’s never suffered a single splinter for her art, a loving touch.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2021
• On the other side of the square, three men are sitting on a bench, passing the splinter of a joint back and forth.
  — Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2021
• The memory of them throbbed like a splinter that had never been removed.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
• Defying the laws of physics, the world splinters and is put back together.
  — Eve Hill-Agnus, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2023
• The fungus enters the body through small cuts or puncture wounds, often from rose thorns or splinters.
  — Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
• As the raid began, Carausu heard the cabin’s front door splinter.
  — Longreads, 5 May 2022
• Gym-goers and their reps will form splinter factions, or resistance bands.
  — Eli Burnstein, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2021
• Made out of leather, these gloves will protect your hands and fingers from thorns, splinters, and more while gardening.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2023
• Do this on both faces to ensure nicely rounded surfaces that won’t damage the cord or give you a splinter.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2021
• According to the outlet, the splinter was a half-meter long, just under two feet.
  — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2019
• Oceans around the world contain floating heaps of plastics, and larger pieces splinter over time into tiny bits.
  — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2019
• Its militant threat remains, diffused and scattered across the world through a range of splinter groups.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
• But keeping the lineups straight for the Airplane and two splinter bands took a wall-size flowchart.
  — Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• Since the largest meteorite fragments exploded on the ground, many small splinters must have formed.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• The revelation felt like a splinter that lodged itself in Kai’s heart.
  — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
• The group splinters and each one pushes on, praying for another exit.
  — Caitlin White, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025

splinter

2 of 2 verb

• The impact of the crash splintered the glass.
• The board splintered under his weight.
• Whole trees, the size of a man’s leg, had been bent and splintered to the ground.
  — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
• Most of the old cartels have splintered.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
• The end of her stick splintered on the ground like tree trunks snapping in the bush.
  — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
• The way the bone splintered is known as a distal humerus fracture.
  — Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
• Bones can splinter and break, which can be dangerous for your pup.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• Forté remained close with the Fugees, even as the group splintered.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
• If the deal is not approved, the sale will become splintered.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 June 2023
• Our football team is not going to splinter.
  — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
• Tamsin points with her chin at a splintering sign planted in the sand.
  — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
• The death of Smith causes the church to splinter into three groups.
  — CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
• Pressure washers can splinter wood and strip paint if the pressure is too strong.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
• On the other hand, wood is more likely to splinter and may need to be resealed each year.
  — Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 11 July 2023
• The splintering lumber broke apart and flew through the wind, still flaming.
  — Claire Galofaro and Matt Sedensky, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
• Be careful with it on decks, where the blast of water can splinter wooden planks or pull up nails.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
• Be careful with it on decks, where the blast of water can splinter wooden planks or pull up nails.
  — Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
• Finding a durable chew toy that won't splinter and isn't a choking hazard has been quite the task.
  — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2021
• Windows shattered and splintered across the classroom desks and chairs.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
• The cockpit is edged in Kevlar, which won’t splinter like the carbon-fiber hull if there’s a crash.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2023
• Kerkering fired a sinker that ran in on Pages’ hands, splintering his bat.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• That thin blade can slice through sweet potatoes without splintering them as well as cut a precise brunoise.
  — Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 July 2025
• That could leave enough time for Democrats to splinter over how to use their potential power.
  — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
• The rub for Democrats is that with at least a dozen candidates, votes are likely to be splintered.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2026
• The town splintered into factions.
  — David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
• The high fields on either side of the road were splintered with old stalks and stems, the reddish soil lay pale in the severe light.
  — Lan Samantha Chang, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• Rafiki’s death could splinter his family, known as the Nkuringo group.
  — Jack Losh, National Geographic, 12 June 2020
• Wood can gouge or splinter easily under too much pressure.
  — Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
• Grapes are known to be toxic to dogs, and bones can splinter, leaving them with sharp fragments in their stomach.
  — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
• War splinters a nation, and in their distress, people turn to each other for solace and hope.
  — Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2020