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 Brennan, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
Fried thigh strips pop out against a frilly red and green spring mix, apple and carrot slivers, ever-present blue cheese crumbles and an apple cider vinaigrette thickened with egg yolks, which is also used in Pangaea’s slaw.
—Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 17 Dec. 2024
After temporarily pulling the menu item from roughly a fifth of its U.S. restaurants, the company said Sunday that the burger will return to affected locations, sans slivered onions.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Ukraine now still holds a tiny sliver of Kursk, trying to prevent Russia from advancing into the Sumy region.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
Fried thigh strips pop out against a frilly red and green spring mix, apple and carrot slivers, ever-present blue cheese crumbles and an apple cider vinaigrette thickened with egg yolks, which is also used in Pangaea’s slaw.
—Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
This all comes despite a setback in October with an E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions on its Quarter Pounders.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 17 Dec. 2024
After temporarily pulling the menu item from roughly a fifth of its U.S. restaurants, the company said Sunday that the burger will return to affected locations, sans slivered onions.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sliver. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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