splinter lodges

Frequency: 3.00.1 per million words

When a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, etc., becomes stuck in the skin.

lodgeNOUN + VERB

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splinter

Examples (10)

  • A tiny wood splinter lodged in her finger.
  • Be careful with old furniture, a splinter might lodge in your hand.
  • He cried out when a sharp splinter lodged under his nail.
  • After the accident, a piece of glass splinter lodged in his arm.
  • She tried to remove the splinter that lodged in her sole.
  • The doctor carefully extracted the splinter that had lodged in the child's foot.
  • It's annoying when a metal splinter lodges in your skin.
  • A small thorn splinter lodged in the gardener's thumb.
  • Despite wearing gloves, a fine splinter lodged in his palm.
  • The jagged edge caused a splinter to lodge in her leg.