How to Use sliver in a Sentence

sliver

1 of 2 noun

• I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger.
• But there is a sliver of hope as things start to ease a bit and gas prices drop.
  — Cherie Saunders, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
• The cushioned footbed and the sliver of a heel will make these super easy to wear.
  — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2024
• The videos captured a sliver of the night sky visible through the gap in the cabin.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
• Add that to the fact that only a sliver of gamers are playing games on a blockchain.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• Walter jumps up, a tiny sliver of fluff in a red sweater, his ear cocked.
  — Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
• Perhaps that was where there was a small sliver of hope for the Rangers on Thursday.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
• The film presents this as simply the way things are among a certain rarefied sliver of the Hong Kong elite.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 July 2023
• Is it meant for all humankind or for only a sliver of us?
  — The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2023
• Michigan nearly made a big error on the first play of the game, but was bailed out by a few slivers of grass.
  — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2024
• Tiny slivers of glass glinted on the hardwood floors, on the armchair next to the fireplace and on the tray atop an ottoman.
  — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 13 May 2023
• The lane would take out a sliver of the 6-acre dog park, according to city officials.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• This really was the last chance for any kind of sliver of doubt to creep into the best picture race.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• The black satin skirt fell to just above Kendall's ankles, showing off a sliver of sheer black tights and a pair of slingback heels.
  — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 19 Dec. 2022
• It’s made with fresh fruit and tastes just like a bowl of fresh strawberries with a few slivers of banana.
  — Lisa Lopez, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• Still, that’s a very small sliver of the $88 billion industry.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 3 Jan. 2023
• Caution around the fibers is necessary to avoid injury from the slivers.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 7 June 2023
• This sliver of an island sits about 45 miles north of Cuba.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2023
• Beyond that, setting aside a sliver of your cash for a rainy day is prudent.
  — Suchita Nayar, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• There even was the slightest sliver of black eyeliner right at her lash line.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 15 Sep. 2023
• The cause is just, but — a bare sliver of silver lining — also just a little bit fun.
  — Vulture, 5 May 2023
• If that wasn’t enough to drive the message home that these two are hanging out, Chelsea’s photo features a sliver of a white man’s arm.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2024
• The sliver of dark brown transitioned into her lighter caramel brown hair.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 July 2023
• What about the farmers who use about 80 percent of the Colorado River, compared with the sliver Las Vegas gets?
  — Daniel Rothberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
• Early risers may catch the sliver of a crescent moon on the eastern horizon with bright Venus sparkling above it.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• If Carrefour-Feuilles should fall into gang control, the fear is the sliver of Port-au-Prince that has remained out of the gangs’ hands will soon fall as well.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2023
• But there is a sliver of hope for the butter substitute: Prices were down 0.6% on a monthly basis in April.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 May 2023
• Then, in the 1980s, trail officials began working to purchase a sliver of land that felt wilder.
  — Lizzie Johnson and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
• In Michigan, a small sliver of southeast Monroe County is in the path of totality, meaning the sky will get dark as the moon crosses the sun.
  — Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
• Hart is one the most famous comedians alive, but comedy is a mere sliver of his portfolio.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024

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sliver

2 of 2 verb

• Toasted sliced, slivered, or chopped whole almonds can be used in place of the hazelnuts.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• Seed and sliver the peppers and drizzle with oil, vinegar and chopped fresh herbs to serve as a salad.
  — Steven Raichlen New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
• So walnut halves will take longer than slivered or sliced almonds.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2017
• To finish the dish, it's garnished with house made roasted sirrachi peanuts for crunch, slivered scallions and sesame seeds.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2019
• But they were born this way, with the translucent noodles designed to spring and coil, trapping spice and chile paste and slivered vegetables.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2017
• To get this striped look, place two horizontal strips of tape over your nail, leaving just a slivered gap between them, then paint the gap with a pale shade.
  — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 7 May 2019
• Sliced or slivered almonds, pine nuts and skinned hazelnuts should be a nice golden or honey color.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2017
• Pig ears are slivered and fried into crisp-chewy tendrils that are woven with watercress and pickled onion and piled on creamy pecan butter.
  — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
• The sequined serpent that slivered up her Alexander McQueen gown shimmered.
  — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2019
• Serve a main dish plant protein burger with a generous portion of green beans topped with toasted, slivered almonds.
  — NBC News, 26 Aug. 2019
• This classic Portuguese soup delivers big flavor and plenty of nutrition thanks to a pound of slivered kale.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• Translucent wafers of Korean fluke are wrapped in kelp to cure; sayori (needlefish) is slivered and marinated in soy; and tender lobes of rich uni are glazed with miso.
  — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 July 2017
• Other additions to balance the bitterness may be blood orange segments, mâche leaves, some slivered fennel bulb or crumbled blue cheese.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2017
• Waldman usually serves this slow-cooker Indian dish with white rice and slivered almonds but says warm naan bread is good alternative.
  — Chris Ross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 May 2017
• Mixing his dough and slivering vegetables, Nyma uses beef or chicken as filling.
  — M.a.c. Lynch, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2019
• Peaches are fantastic grilled, added to garden salads, transformed into salsa, or slivered into slaw.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• If New Orleans is an aging beauty queen drunk on the fumes of her glorious past, Plaquemines Parish, to the southeast, is plain old sloshed — not to mention saturated, striated, slivered and surrounded by water.
  — Jennifer Moses, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
• The protein pancakes mix traditional batter with blueberries, granola, slivered almonds and cinnamon.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 7 May 2018
• Toasted sliced, slivered, or chopped whole almonds can be used in place of the hazelnuts.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• Seed and sliver the peppers and drizzle with oil, vinegar and chopped fresh herbs to serve as a salad.
  — Steven Raichlen New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
• So walnut halves will take longer than slivered or sliced almonds.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2017
• To finish the dish, it's garnished with house made roasted sirrachi peanuts for crunch, slivered scallions and sesame seeds.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2019
• But they were born this way, with the translucent noodles designed to spring and coil, trapping spice and chile paste and slivered vegetables.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2017
• To get this striped look, place two horizontal strips of tape over your nail, leaving just a slivered gap between them, then paint the gap with a pale shade.
  — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 7 May 2019
• Sliced or slivered almonds, pine nuts and skinned hazelnuts should be a nice golden or honey color.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2017
• Pig ears are slivered and fried into crisp-chewy tendrils that are woven with watercress and pickled onion and piled on creamy pecan butter.
  — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
• The sequined serpent that slivered up her Alexander McQueen gown shimmered.
  — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2019
• Serve a main dish plant protein burger with a generous portion of green beans topped with toasted, slivered almonds.
  — NBC News, 26 Aug. 2019
• This classic Portuguese soup delivers big flavor and plenty of nutrition thanks to a pound of slivered kale.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• Translucent wafers of Korean fluke are wrapped in kelp to cure; sayori (needlefish) is slivered and marinated in soy; and tender lobes of rich uni are glazed with miso.
  — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 July 2017

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