Sentence examples for a splinter from from inspiring English sources

A splinter from the Muslim League, known as PML (Q), has all but collapsed.

The Druses are therefore a splinter from a schism like the Mormons.

A splinter from the racket apparently lodged in his hand, prompting a three-minute injury timeout.

It was just very slight, just a splinter from a mortar, but it floored me.

For a James Brown devotee, a bracelet like that is equivalent to a splinter from the true cross.

It reminds Melitsa of her current discomfort, a thumb punctured by a splinter from the wooden floor.

(George Papandreou, the former prime minister, scraped a seat in a provincial constituency).Under Greek constitutional rules Mr Samaras has a three-day window to persuade Pasok, Independent Greeks—a splinter group from his own party—and Democratic Left, the least rigid of the left-wing parties, to back him.

His round, pink-checked face assumed the firm, benevolent expression of a man who is about to remove a painful splinter from a child's finger.

Their stories can be told and retold, the delightful familiarity spiced by a new emphasis, a new slant, a new splinter from the bottom of the barrel.

A similar protest occurred on October 30, 2011, when a splinter group from the Occupy Vancouver movement marched to the cathedral from the Vancouver Art Gallery.

A splinter group from the UFDR went on a rampage last week, forcing tens of thousands from their homes and causing the rehabilitation centre where the role play had been enacted to be temporarily evacuated.