noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shard/splinter of glass (= a sharp piece of broken glass )
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People were injured by shards of glass following the explosion.
Shard London Bridge, the
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Engineers are better than other folks at making meaning out of the shards of facts and statistics.
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Everywhere you look, little shards of glass glistening in the lamplight.
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Out to a distance of seventy-five kilometers, windows are blown in and shards of glass are accelerated to high speeds.
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Part of the stage erupted at 1: 26 a. m., and metal shards flew all over Centennial Olympic Park.
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Ross turned and walked five steps when the blast blew out the glass and propelled hundreds of shards into his body.
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The shards of mirror: each one containing a memory of eyes.
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The guests were completely cowed, like golden calf worshippers contemplating shards of Moses' broken tablets.
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The pottery consisted of a small flask, a bowl and two shards.