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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David Campbell, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2025
Yes, but: One U.S. region has seen some spring cooling, stretching from northern Montana into North and South Dakota and a sliver of Minnesota.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 4 Mar. 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
The $60 billion in foreign aid cuts represent a sliver of the trillions the Trump administration wants to slice from the federal budget.
—David Campbell, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2025
Yes, but: One U.S. region has seen some spring cooling, stretching from northern Montana into North and South Dakota and a sliver of Minnesota.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 4 Mar. 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
See All Example Sentences for sliver
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sliver. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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