A single sliver of ash, so thin it was almost transparent, curled up from the belly of the s-shape at the end of the key.

When you step on a single sliver of glass, your weight is concentrated over that one sharp point.

The tree had been struck by lightning, or perhaps had been blown over, so that only a single sliver of wood projected up like a long finger.

Here she cached all of her treasure except a single knifelike sliver.

I didn't see a single sharp sliver of stone.

Each slide has a single sliver of an idea, a "thoughtlet" connected through the click of the mouse to dozens of other thoughtlets, with coherence glimmering in the distance.

The hot broth was fragrant with a single sliver of green yuzu rind, a citrus fruit with a fresh, sharp flavor especially valued in summer.

There's not a single sliver of poser in this man.

Sufficiently recovered, I finally succeeded in splitting off a single, anemic-looking sliver that I added to his growing stack.

And if they were concerned enough about their privacy to erect this formidable a barrier, why shield only this single little sliver of their world?