How to Use splitting in a Sentence

splitting

adjective
  • The Lakers are tied with the Suns after splitting games on the road.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2021
  • One of the floorboards (not original to the house) is splitting.
    Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The skinny: The teams have played only twice, splitting games, but haven’t met since 1993.
    Dennis Victory, al, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Mike Moustakas and Suárez are splitting time at third base.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Last season while splitting time with Dwayne Allen, Doyle put up 584 yards and five scores.
    Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Wright enters fall camp as the starter after splitting time with Ken Seals in 2021.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 21 July 2022
  • It was cinched at the waist with a gold belt, and glittering fabric made up the skirt under the splitting bodice.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 3 July 2022
  • Clouds will increase over the course of the day as a splitting weather system sits just off the Oregon coast.
    oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2023
  • One morning Youngblood woke up with neck pain and a splitting headache.
    Andrew Favakeh, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2021
  • This is sort of like what’s happening to each half of the splitting boat, with each side tilting away from the center.
    WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Roush Fenway announced on Wednesday that Kenseth with be splitting time in the No.
    Gary Gastelu, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • For instance, if the firm sees more growth in its future, splitting shares allows that growth to show up in stock prices.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • Rumors that the two were splitting up started swirling at the beginning of 2021.
    Christopher Ros, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2021
  • But a hatchet has a shorter handle and a lighter head with a thinner edge, and that makes splitting wood a chore.
    Outdoor Life, 23 Feb. 2021
  • With the two splitting reps and so much in transition, it's been hard for any one wide receiver to stand out.
    Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The left tackle didn’t start the next day and ended up splitting snaps with fellow rookie Matt Peart.
    Tom Canavan, courant.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Four days later, Jularbo woke with a fever and a splitting headache.
    Mallory Pickett, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2021
  • But the next morning, Prafulla awoke with a splitting headache.
    New York Times, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Four years ago, Kendrick was splitting stage time with Imagine Dragons.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Stricker turned 50 in February and has been splitting time on both tours.
    Doug Ferguson, The Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The effort to appeal to more and younger churchgoers is splitting opinions—and ears.
    Esther Fung, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019
  • A year later, Stevens and Grimes are splitting time at quarterback.
    Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2017
  • That's where the challenge came this year for Bloom, who was splitting time with sophomore Talia Hannappel.
    Matt Szabo, latimes.com, 26 May 2018
  • Meanwhile, first overall pick Markelle Fultz finished with 10 points on 3-for-6 shooting while splitting time with the White and Blue teams.
    Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 1 Oct. 2017
  • There was a study done that showed that there’s a stark decrease in splitting ballots when states got high-speed internet.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Conaway is truly splitting hairs here, in a way that's impressive, even from a politician.
    Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Hill says De Niro shot some gutter scenes, splitting duties with a stuntman.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Ashford, who’s splitting time with baseball, missed the first spring scrimmage due to an ankle injury and got most of his stats in the spring game on the final drive.
    oregonlive, 10 May 2021
  • And not to be splitting hairs, but plenty of other former Latter-day Saint prophets would have to dust off their razors as well.
    David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2021
  • Even the Kardashians got in on the game with Kourtney and her beau Travis Barker, splitting white tie and tails between them in his and hers versions of the tuxedo.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 6 May 2022

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