tiny splinter

Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words

Refers to a very small piece of a splinter.

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Examples (10)

  • A child got a tiny splinter in her finger from the old wooden fence.
  • He carefully tried to remove the tiny splinter with tweezers.
  • Even a tiny splinter can be quite painful if it's deep.
  • She couldn't see the tiny splinter, but she could definitely feel it.
  • The old floorboards were notorious for giving people tiny splinters.
  • Be careful when handling broken glass; even a tiny splinter can cut you.
  • After walking barefoot, he found a tiny splinter embedded in his heel.
  • The microscope revealed a tiny splinter of metal in the sample.
  • He winced as the nurse expertly extracted the tiny splinter.
  • A tiny splinter from the antique chair became a nuisance during dinner.