ˈsplintery

/ ˈsplɪntərɪ /

adjective

1. liable to produce or break into splinters

Example Sentences

In one song, “Are You Blue,” O’Hara improvises with the band, her otherworldly soprano a contrast to the splintery score.

From New York Times

Everything she looked at—the SpaghettiOs, the splintery table, her plastic bowl, her father’s face—seemed like an eye test.

From Literature

"While it too often sands the complications off what you sense should feel like an uncomfortably splintery issue, in its best moments, it's a quietly fearsome piece of drama," wrote the Telegraph's Robbie Collin.

From BBC

“For What It’s Worth” rode an appealingly swampy groove and had a splintery solo by Young; “Mr. Soul” was a jagged blast of whammy-bar psychedelia.

From Los Angeles Times

Born to a Jewish family in Hamburg in 1912, she studied architecture before fleeing to Caracas in 1939, and only in her 40s did she begin gathering copper wires, aluminum rods and plastic dowels into striking yet splintery abstract clusters.

From New York Times

Related Words

• acute
• pointed
• razor-sharp
• sharpened
• stinging