shard
Example Sentences
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Why were some children lucky and loved wholly and constantly and others left to scramble for shards of affection?
From Literature
A conservator uncovers the shard, which bears an intense blue figure of a skylark — evidence, at least to the reader, that Alouette’s recipe endured, and a symbol of how both she and Sasha escaped.
From Los Angeles Times
Its breath came again, like a shard of glass down a blackboard.
From Literature
Since then, researchers have received only sporadic shards of information from sources still in shock, at times crying while relaying their accounts.
China argues that various pieces of evidence, from pottery shards to navigational guides used by Chinese fishermen, back up its claims of historical sovereignty.
From BBC
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