How to Use shard in a Sentence

shard

noun

• Along with the eyes on the box, there was glass on the floor, in large shards.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 20 Mar. 2018
• Break the pancetta into shards, and set them on top of the beans.
  — Jill Wendholt Silva, charlotteobserver, 22 Dec. 2017
• Above him, far over the trees, rise shards of bone white rock.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Shards of rock fanned out and knocked down part of a rock wall along the road.
  — Scott Smith, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
• As the iceman chipped away at the ice, kids would get the shards of ice that fell off the back of the truck.
  — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2019
• The roads are sprinkled with shards of tree branch and flakes of dead grass.
  — Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• After Pearl leaves, Rick brings one of the shards of glass to his neck.
  — Leah Marilla Thomas, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024
• The skin is chip-like, a crisp shard you can crunch on with or without the rest of the dish.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
• At one point, the man grabs a bottle, breaks it and tries to stab the woman with the shards.
  — Andy Nguyen, latimes.com, 3 July 2019
• The shards that cut me the deepest were the ones that intended to cut.
  — Veronica Hilbring, Essence.com, 26 July 2017
• In it, there’s a shard of glass that shows Captain Carter’s shield.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Mar. 2022
• At the site, the team found an abundance of stone tools and pottery shards.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
• Tucked inside were crispy shards of spinach and cilantro.
  — Andrew Marton, star-telegram, 4 Apr. 2018
• There was no grass or even bare earth to lie on and the shards of stone dug at my body in 100 places.
  — Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024
• From the shards of norms that the show leaves behind, may a greater nation be built.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2019
• Please collect the shards of your heart and keep reading.
  — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 29 Mar. 2018
• Rudolph lost her right eye and a shard of glass remains in her left eye.
  — Kim Chandler, Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
• This removes the small fragments of fruit and tiny ice shards.
  — Kevin Hopper, idahostatesman, 10 Apr. 2018
• The hazards minimize once the shards fall to the ground because the glass would mix with the earth.
  — NBC News, 22 May 2018
• Sometimes, too, clay pigeons break on the arm, and the shards are sharp enough to cut skin.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
• What was that shard that just went flying at your neck?
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• There’s a crack and shards on the ground and Angela is left holding the pointless piece.
  — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• The few shards of sunlight that pierce the leaf canopy cast glitter-ball shapes on the bracken.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
• Glass from the coffeepot cut the victim and may have left a shard of glass in her eye, the complaint said.
  — Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2018
• George must bounce between the shards of his fractured mind.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 6 May 2023
• Within about 5 seconds, the bear clambers out through the shards of glass and runs away.
  — Tiffini Theisen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 June 2018
• The shards hit the bus driver and reliever Blaine Boyer had to grab the wheel.
  — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2018
• Salt cod fritters are wrapped in shards of batter and creamy in the center.
  — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• Investigators searched his white Jetta but did not find any shards of glass or blood stains.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
• Advertisement Archaeologists also unearthed brooches, necklace beads, knives, and even a small shard of glass that may have served as an amulet.
  — James Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024