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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a shard of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small, broken piece of something, often in a metaphorical or literal sense.
Example: "She found a shard of glass on the floor, glinting in the sunlight."
Alternatives: "a fragment of" or "a piece of".
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And a shard of hope.
It is a shard of the eternal.
It was a shard of brown pottery.
Ratner noticed a shard of glass lodged in it.
A shard of leaf in the coils of his hair.
A shard of sun cuts through the cloud.
But that is just a shard of the comparison.
Broken Britain wielding a shard of broken glass.
They told us a shard of the truth.
A shard of glass speared Ralph's chair at the level of his throat.
Two minutes later, she returned and handed me a shard of vital wheat gluten.
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