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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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Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
But Moscow still casts a long shadow in the country, most visibly in Transnistria, a sliver of territory which illegally split from Moldova during a brief war in the 1990s.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
McDonald’s says the most likely source of the contamination was slivered onions served on its Quarter Pounders.
—Christine Romans, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Every wall is either mirrored or painted in an eye-popping shade of shiny, egg-yolk yellow, accented with glossy mahogany, hot red cabinets, and slivers of gold.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
But Moscow still casts a long shadow in the country, most visibly in Transnistria, a sliver of territory which illegally split from Moldova during a brief war in the 1990s.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
McDonald’s has stopped sourcing onions from the supplier indefinitely, and around 900 locations will serve the Quarter Pounder sans slivered onions.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
McDonald’s says the most likely source of the contamination was slivered onions served on its Quarter Pounders.
—Christine Romans, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sliver. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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