The very meaning of the term splinters depending upon which party one chooses to examine and some might be quite leery about the use of it. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
There are salves for drawing objects such as splinters out of their hide or from their foot. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
My home was in splinters. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2007 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
That, breaking, high tow'rd Heav'n the splinters flew. From Wordnik.com. [La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier] Reference
So I shot, and knocked splinters out of the spruce log. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
BOWMAN: A round that exploded with a shower of splinters. From Wordnik.com. [For The U.S., Cat And Mouse In Taliban Heartland] Reference
When I erupt, my sonic boom flusters and splinters quiet. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
I'd buy the little guy wooden shoes until he got splinters. From Wordnik.com. [My Son Thinks He's French] Reference
Break off splinters, then sand and refinish the sharp edges. From Wordnik.com. [Deck conditions you shouldn't neglect] Reference
New splinters under her nails, she loses the ink from her hair. From Wordnik.com. [Something for you] Reference
Several men had narrow escapes from the splinters of the shell. From Wordnik.com. [Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds] Reference
Burnett threw an inside sinker and turned Heyward's bat into splinters. From Wordnik.com. [Sean Burnett, Drew Storen highlight another good day for the Nationals bullpen] Reference
The wood frame splinters, paint chips fly as I heave the window up, up. From Wordnik.com. [Long Moments] Reference
His claws tore up great splinters with a noise like that of a sawmill, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
He tosses the plank with the others in a jagged pile of grey and splinters. From Wordnik.com. [Hepatitis RR or Bust] Reference
Two or three men charge on one another and brooms fly in splinters all round. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Of the more than 500 attendees at this year's reunion, nearly 300 were splinters. From Wordnik.com. [On VJ Day, New Generations Remember] Reference
He blew the tiny splinters and specks of wood out of it and laid Clyde inside it. From Wordnik.com. [The Fountain] Reference
Molten flaming splinters sprout from funnels, lofty protrusions from surface crust. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
Jacques, with his usual bad fortune, trod upon and reduced to a bundle of splinters. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
This class is produced by sharp objects, such as nails, splinters of wood, and forks. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Flickering against the dusty particles, a hologram of cries, splinters, sweat, and shame. From Wordnik.com. [The Garage] Reference
He scrambled to his feet, his hands bleeding from the splinters, and climbed up the pile. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
The whole surface of the lava, reduced to glowing splinters, was then tossed into the air. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
You remember waking in the middle of the night to a house of silence, kitchen in splinters. From Wordnik.com. [The Darkness of White Noise] Reference
Hicks splinters his story into little shards as he jumps artily backward and forward in time. From Wordnik.com. [A Blue Christmas] Reference
Some splinters felt it was their duty to keep the reunions going, even without their parents. From Wordnik.com. [On VJ Day, New Generations Remember] Reference
Like a golfball that has been dipped in liquid air and dropped, it had smashed into thin splinters. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Bounce] Reference
The vodka is a blessing and sorrow all in one, it splinters Owen into three distinct pieces, she thinks. From Wordnik.com. [Independence Day] Reference
The grooves were deceiving; splinters biting at any chance, the gray-painted wood peeling with every touch. From Wordnik.com. [Cory's Carousel] Reference
Emerald cool we may be As water in cupped hands But oh that we might be As splinters of glass In cupped hands. From Wordnik.com. [Burma's Fearless 'Splinter Of Glass'] Reference
Which is what they'd be told and would believe even if Obama had abolished Medicare and bombed Iran into splinters. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
Despite the debate, it was clear that the splinters are united in their desire to keep their parents 'memories alive. From Wordnik.com. [On VJ Day, New Generations Remember] Reference
The movements became more violent as the night wore on, so I clung to the drenched splinters that were my only hope. From Wordnik.com. [Water] Reference
Hamas leaders have a point when they insist that they're more politically pragmatic than some of these renegade splinters. From Wordnik.com. [Covering Gaza] Reference
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