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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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Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
But Moscow still casts a long shadow in the country, most visibly in Transnistria, a sliver of territory which illegally split from Moldova during a brief war in the 1990s.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Kempczinski confirmed that slivered onions from the Taylor Farms Colorado Springs facility were likely the cause of the contamination.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Every wall is either mirrored or painted in an eye-popping shade of shiny, egg-yolk yellow, accented with glossy mahogany, hot red cabinets, and slivers of gold.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
But Moscow still casts a long shadow in the country, most visibly in Transnistria, a sliver of territory which illegally split from Moldova during a brief war in the 1990s.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that fresh, slivered onions are the likely source of an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's restaurants across multiple U.S. states, based on epidemiologic and traceback data.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Kempczinski confirmed that slivered onions from the Taylor Farms Colorado Springs facility were likely the cause of the contamination.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sliver. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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