shard
Example Sentences
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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 • Feb. 4, 2026
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
From his pocket, Serhiy Melnyk pulls out a small rusty shard, wrapped neatly in paper.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025
And he didn’t immediately know that a shard had broken free until he returned to the huddle Saturday night and teammates began pointing it out to him.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024
It shattered and I was left with a thin, curved shard of broken glass about the size of my palm.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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