How to Use sliver in a Sentence

sliver

1 of 2 noun
  • I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger.
  • Not great, but there’s a sliver of hope.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • But there is a sliver of hope as things start to ease a bit and gas prices drop.
    — Cherie Saunders, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Yet, women’s health still gets just a sliver of the pie.
    — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Even the giants have only a sliver of the pie.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Imagine how much more schools could do with even a sliver of that money.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • Sometimes just a sliver of silver does the trick!
    — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 25 Jan. 2026
  • In one episode, the fight is over a small sliver of grass between two houses.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Those children across the country don't have a sliver of it.
    — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Any sliver of hope England had — gone.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • The cushioned footbed and the sliver of a heel will make these super easy to wear.
    — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Add that to the fact that only a sliver of gamers are playing games on a blockchain.
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • None of that mattered, in this miniscule sliver of time.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Here, a sliver of orangey-red pops against a cool-toned ruby hue.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Green cat-eye slivers frame short, nude nails at the cuticle and at the free edge.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 29 May 2026
  • At last, a bit of fizz and lightness, a sliver of dawn at the end of a velvet night.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The woman tried to resist and looked around for help – but was then slashed with a sliver kitchen knife.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • However, the move higher in sliver this year may now have gone too far.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
  • This tells only a sliver of the story that cries out for sunlight.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
  • Beyond that, setting aside a sliver of your cash for a rainy day is prudent.
    — Suchita Nayar, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • There even was the slightest sliver of black eyeliner right at her lash line.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Some overlooked a sliver of a private garden strewn with stones and moss.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Choose a pair with a low vamp to reveal a sliver of skin under your pants’ hemline.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Not exactly tiny, but a tiny sliver in Dubai terms.
    — Bijan Hosseini, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
  • But dirt, lint, or weather damage often keeps the flap stuck open just a sliver.
    — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The sliver of dark brown transitioned into her lighter caramel brown hair.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 July 2023
  • Really, this is only a sliver of a joke.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Of that small amount, an even smaller sliver—just 12%—goes to Asia.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 25 May 2026
  • The dress is shaped by a series of cutouts down the bodice, exposing slivers of the dancer’s skin.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • It’s made with fresh fruit and tastes just like a bowl of fresh strawberries with a few slivers of banana.
    — Lisa Lopez, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024

sliver

2 of 2 verb
  • So walnut halves will take longer than slivered or sliced almonds.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2017
  • But they were born this way, with the translucent noodles designed to spring and coil, trapping spice and chile paste and slivered vegetables.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Pig ears are slivered and fried into crisp-chewy tendrils that are woven with watercress and pickled onion and piled on creamy pecan butter.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
  • This classic Portuguese soup delivers big flavor and plenty of nutrition thanks to a pound of slivered kale.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 15 Apr. 2020
  • The sequined serpent that slivered up her Alexander McQueen gown shimmered.
    — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Peaches are fantastic grilled, added to garden salads, transformed into salsa, or slivered into slaw.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Mixing his dough and slivering vegetables, Nyma uses beef or chicken as filling.
    — M.a.c. Lynch, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2019
  • Waldman usually serves this slow-cooker Indian dish with white rice and slivered almonds but says warm naan bread is good alternative.
    — Chris Ross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 May 2017
  • Translucent wafers of Korean fluke are wrapped in kelp to cure; sayori (needlefish) is slivered and marinated in soy; and tender lobes of rich uni are glazed with miso.
    — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 July 2017
  • Diani slivering between lines, Mateo evaporated and reappeared like some Marvel character.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • If New Orleans is an aging beauty queen drunk on the fumes of her glorious past, Plaquemines Parish, to the southeast, is plain old sloshed — not to mention saturated, striated, slivered and surrounded by water.
    — Jennifer Moses, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018

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