Examples of sliver in a Sentence
Noun
I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger.
Verb
carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry
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Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
In fact, photographers only caught a sliver of her platform shoes outside of the after-party, though Vanity Fair captured them in their full glory in an Instagram video from the red carpet.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2025
Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Preliminary data implicates slivered onions used on Quarter Pounders as a possible source, and recent testing rules out beef patties, according to the company.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Niemelä never looked the part of an NHL defenceman, but maybe there’s a team that still sees a sliver of hope.
—Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
In fact, photographers only caught a sliver of her platform shoes outside of the after-party, though Vanity Fair captured them in their full glory in an Instagram video from the red carpet.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
That left the fresh, slivered onions as the likely source.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Preliminary data implicates slivered onions used on Quarter Pounders as a possible source, and recent testing rules out beef patties, according to the company.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sliver. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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