Splintery

If exquisite can be applied to what ensued and the kind of splintery, fiery, bludgeoning death and maiming those Frenchmen, Spaniards and Englishmen met when, as England expected, ❋ Unknown (2008)

Unable to sit still all of a sudden, she jumped up from the blanket and cruised the perimeter of the stall, tracing the splintery old wood with her fingers. ❋ Elizabeth Woods (2011)

There were hurdles, swings, a long monkey bars, and a large fort built with splintery wood and lead pipes. ❋ Matthew J. Robinson (2011)

Nor is there much familial relationship between the chunky Quai Branly Museum in Paris and the splintery glass of 100 11th Ave. in New York's Chelsea. ❋ Julie V. Iovine (2011)

The rest of the house is in various states of ‘unfinished’ from splintery pine floors to wallpaperless, paintless walls. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other bulbs too, spring bulbs, that smell of earth, everything inside is being replaced by display-case fruit not for eating, marble grapes and frosty, splintery pears. ❋ Betsy Herbert (2011)

Behind a tall, splintery wooden desk, a girl looked up from a worn paperback and removed a wad of gum from her mouth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the lift came, his face ground forward, and the splintery wood tore and crushed the skin from nose, lips, and chin; and, face downward, he slipped on and down to the bottom of the boat till his limp middle collapsed across the gunwale and his legs hung down outside. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And at the heart of it all, the town of Jackson, with its splintery boardwalks and elk-horn sculptures, hilltop spas and gourmet cuisine. ❋ Benjamin Percy (2011)

He followed as she started up three narrow, creaking flights; he took her occasional cues to avoid a splintery patch on the railing or a weak spot in the stairs. ❋ Glenn Beck (2010)

Not unlike Natalia herself—lean, sleek, and raven-haired—picking her way over the splintery post fence and gliding through the tall, wet grass on the strappy designer sandals that had originally belonged to her older sister. ❋ Nina De Gramont (2010)

Rebecca sat in her lap, chewing on a splintery red triangle. ❋ Nina De Gramont (2010)

It is better than many, with a playground in the center—a sandbox and a tall slide made of splintery wood down which I used to glide during nursery school winters. ❋ Elena Gorokhova (2010)

I climb out of the trench, head spinning, knees scratched from the splintery wood of the slope. ❋ Elena Gorokhova (2010)

The best lobster rolls are not in any way gourmet, or served in any sort of fancy place -- they are best eaten and served close to the water, ordered from a counter, and eaten either standing up or sitting on some plastic chairs -- or a splintery wooden bench. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Known as "The Ghost" for his splintery build and chalky complexion, Pavlik was on the expressway to mega-stardom when the cagey Bernard Hopkins boxed rings around him in a non-title bout in October, 2008. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When they made love his body moved sporadically like an elongated and splintery marionette, his dry arms and legs brushing sharply against her thighs and calves. ❋ Unknown (2010)