splintering

[ US /ˈspɫɪntɝɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /splˈɪntəɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of chipping something
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How To Use splintering In A Sentence

  • There were no windows at all, and only one splintering wooden door.
  • She threw it down the path, the tip splintering into sparks. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
  • A lightning-fast, skilful and occasionally violent hurly-burly blur of whirring limbs and flailing, splintering timber in which all 30 players take to the field simultaneously armed with wooden clubs, hurling is not actually as dissimilar to cricket as you'd think. Ireland expected England to hurl abuse in defeat, not throw flowers | Barry Glendenning
  • I dream of screaming and splintering wood, of rushing sound and a jet of green light.
  • The blade of a poleaxe crashed down, splintering the table, and slicing off the heels of Lynch's boots. Dragons Of Summer Flame
  • After Mr. Janjalani was killed in 1998 in a shootout with police, Abu Sayyaf degenerated into kidnap-for-ransom gangs, splintering into several parts that frequently feuded for control of the islands of Jolo, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi. Philippine Strike Kills 3 Terrorists
  • Al-Rassan was the stronghold of the western Asharite faith until Ammar ibn Khairan killed the last khalif, splintering the land into feuding city-states. Wertzone Classics: The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
  • Some were popped out of their frames by the force of the exploding jet fuel, but they fell without breaking or splintering.
  • The reason for the sharp is they shear the hair instead of splintering it.
  • She is distracted by the splintering noises thundering in her ears.
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