Example Sentences

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Slivers of freshly carved meat sizzled for a long while in a cast iron pan, and then morsels were passed around to spectators.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2022

Slivers of carbon from his smashed racket littered the court.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2022

Slivers of glass and the rush of an unshielded wind.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016

The set was compiled by London-based Nick Soulsby, author of the acclaimed book “Dark Slivers: Seeing Nirvana in the Shards of Incesticide,” a detailed examination of Nirvana’s 1992 compilation “Incesticide.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2014

Slivers of pattern, some wider than the others, some not quite as evenly lined up as the rest.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern