noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
tiny
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She shows me the marrow, which looks like thick dark blood, and the tiny sliver of bone she has removed.
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In fact, the paper guaranteed just a tiny sliver of the pensions.
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While those numbers may seem impressive, they are in fact but a tiny sliver of overall retail sales.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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slivers of broken glass
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another somewhat larger sliver of flesh, the lancelet, also has one.
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Cut the remaining butter into slivers and stir into the rice with the grated Parmesan cheese.
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Half dark, half light, the slivers were projections of the moon making its way across the face of the sun.
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He carefully places the sliver into a miniature vise.
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He drew the sliver of light across that limb of the hydra as if slicing cheese.
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Here and there, a buried sliver of wood juts up, like a bayonet from a battlefield.
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I opened my eyes and through the cabin window saw the sliver of the moon just over the horizon.
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The man in the room withdrew his arm and shook it free of slivers before turning the gun around ready for use.