Splintered

Examples

• Three of the weapons struck against him, and splintered with as little effect as if they had been driven against a tower of steel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The ground was torn up and in front of my head there was a splintered beam of wood. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbands of wood. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• It had been carried out and had been dashed savagely against the garden wall, under which its splintered fragments were discovered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The postern gate shakes, continued Rebecca; it crashes--it is splintered by his blows--they rush in--the outwork is won--Oh, God! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It lay scattered, in splintered shards, upon the grass. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The bare vaulting of trees along the Mall was ceiled with lapis lazuli, and arched above snow that shone like splintered crystals. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• It was Rosedale, fur-coated, glossy and prosperous--but why did she seem to see him so far off, and as if through a mist of splintered crystals? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

Edited by Lilian