Examples of “splinter” in a Sentence

noun A thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece, often wood.

• Wear gloves when you move that board, or you might get a splinter.
• He used tweezers to pull a tiny splinter out of his finger.
• She got a splinter in her thumb from the old fence.

noun A smaller group that has broken away from a larger organization.

• The splinter faction eventually formed its own political party.

verb To break, or cause to break, into thin sharp pieces.

• The old chair leg splintered when he sat down too hard.
• If you hit dry wood at the wrong angle, it may splinter.
• The bat splintered on impact with the ball.

verb To break apart into smaller factions.

• After years of arguing, the community group splintered into three smaller clubs.
• The band splintered when its members could not agree on a new sound.
• The coalition splintered after the election loss.