a splinter lodges
Frequency: 6.07.5 per million words
Used to describe a splinter becoming stuck in something, like skin.
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Examples (10)
- A small splinter of metal had lodged in his thumb.
- She cried out when a tiny splinter lodged deep in her finger.
- Be careful, or a splinter might lodge in your bare foot.
- The doctor carefully removed the splinter that had lodged under his nail.
- It's painful when a splinter lodges in sensitive skin.
- He felt a sharp prick as a wooden splinter lodged in his palm.
- Despite wearing gloves, a tiny splinter somehow lodged in her hand.
- If a splinter lodges in your eye, seek immediate medical attention.
- The old fence post was so decayed that splinters would easily lodge in anything that touched it.
- After the accident, a glass splinter was found to have lodged in the car seat.