How to Use shard in a Sentence

shard

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  • Along with the eyes on the box, there was glass on the floor, in large shards.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Above him, far over the trees, rise shards of bone white rock.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • As the iceman chipped away at the ice, kids would get the shards of ice that fell off the back of the truck.
    — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2019
  • After Pearl leaves, Rick brings one of the shards of glass to his neck.
    — Leah Marilla Thomas, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The skin is chip-like, a crisp shard you can crunch on with or without the rest of the dish.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • At one point, the man grabs a bottle, breaks it and tries to stab the woman with the shards.
    — Andy Nguyen, latimes.com, 3 July 2019
  • In it, there’s a shard of glass that shows Captain Carter’s shield.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Mar. 2022
  • At the site, the team found an abundance of stone tools and pottery shards.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Tucked inside were crispy shards of spinach and cilantro.
    — Andrew Marton, star-telegram, 4 Apr. 2018
  • There was no grass or even bare earth to lie on and the shards of stone dug at my body in 100 places.
    — Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024
  • From the shards of norms that the show leaves behind, may a greater nation be built.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Please collect the shards of your heart and keep reading.
    — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Rudolph lost her right eye and a shard of glass remains in her left eye.
    — Kim Chandler, Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • This removes the small fragments of fruit and tiny ice shards.
    — Kevin Hopper, idahostatesman, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The hazards minimize once the shards fall to the ground because the glass would mix with the earth.
    — NBC News, 22 May 2018
  • Sometimes, too, clay pigeons break on the arm, and the shards are sharp enough to cut skin.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
  • What was that shard that just went flying at your neck?
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • There’s a crack and shards on the ground and Angela is left holding the pointless piece.
    — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The few shards of sunlight that pierce the leaf canopy cast glitter-ball shapes on the bracken.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Glass from the coffeepot cut the victim and may have left a shard of glass in her eye, the complaint said.
    — Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2018
  • George must bounce between the shards of his fractured mind.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 6 May 2023
  • Within about 5 seconds, the bear clambers out through the shards of glass and runs away.
    — Tiffini Theisen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 June 2018
  • The shards hit the bus driver and reliever Blaine Boyer had to grab the wheel.
    — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Salt cod fritters are wrapped in shards of batter and creamy in the center.
    — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • It is made of dense white clouds of steam, toxic gas and tiny shards of volcanic glass.
    — Time, 22 May 2018
  • The team has also been able to find steel shards and wire made of manganese and platinum.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
  • In 2011, a search of Collins' cell uncovered shards of metal, one of which was shaved to a point.
    — Freep.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Other protesters were injured in the feet and legs by shards of the grenades.
    — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Conditions have to be just right for thin shards of ice pile up like glass.
    — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Cover it before removal to prevent the spread of fiberglass shards on their way out of your home.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 3 Sep. 2024

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