"he got a splinter in his finger"
"it broke into slivers"
"The wood splintered"
"sliver wood"
Cut the peeled garlic clove into little slivers.
出自: E. David
Cleaning the dirt from under his fingernails with a sliver of wood.
出自: A. Lively
Windows were shattered and slivers of glass embedded in walls.
出自:Daily Express
People..traded slivers of information as if they were coins.
出自: fig.