shard

Example Sentences

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She seemed to hold no mistrust toward me and my halting Spanish, no shard of suspicion that I could use to create the usual distance around myself.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

There she saw a pottery shard bearing only the letters "Burs", and intrigued, began to research their meaning.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024

At least this shard of Iceland-as-Alaska works with its intrinsic enchantment to encourage our sense of belief more than denial.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2024

It mattered because it took place when women were beginning to shatter old stereotypes, and she wanted to obliterate every shard of that glass ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023

He holds it up as if to inspect it, the shard glimmering in a ray of light...and that’s when I notice what he already has.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman