The phrase "got a sliver" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to having a small, thin piece of something, often wood or glass, embedded in the skin.
Example: "After working on the wooden project, I realized I got a sliver in my finger."
Alternatives: "got a splinter" or "have a shard."
And she saw Zagunis, who got a sliver of an opening eight years ago and turned it into stardom.
Morkel pitches up a fuller ball in response, and bellows an lbw appeal as the batsmen take two runs, Struass safe in the knowledge he'd got a sliver of inside edge on the ball.
Clements got a sliver of equity.
Driving to his right and into the lane, Bryant got a sliver of separation from Smith before taking flight.
This dealer has been trying to sell the tape to various media outlets (VICE has not been contacted), which we know because Gawker also got a sliver of the #CrackTape2 action, after they explained in a cranky blog post how they weren't able to capitalize on the tape before the Globe spent $10,000 on a screenshot of Toronto's mayor holding a pipe.
This dealer has been trying to sell the tape to various media outlets (VICE has not been contacted), which we know because Gawker also got a sliver of the #CrackTape2 action, after they explained in a cranky blog post how they weren't able to capitalise on the tape before the Globe spent $10,000 £5,9200) on a screenshot of Toronto's mayor holding a pipe.
The United States, with less than 5 percent, would get a sliver.
SOME days start out as feel-good days and stay that way, great days when you stumble onto the Holy Grail, when you get a sliver of profound insight, when the machinery works just fine.
One tiny revenue stream has begun flowing into the nondescript Silicon Valley office building where Coursera's 35 employees work to keep up with the demand for their courses: the company is an Amazon affiliate, getting a sliver of the money each time Coursera students click through the site to buy recommended textbooks or any other products on Amazon.
"With Strauss's luck with umpires, I'm not sure that getting a sliver of bat on a delivery would have reassured him much that he wouldn't be given LBW" points out Craig Easterbrook, a thought I'd shared myself even as I typed the words.
The company will get a sliver of sales every time someone downloads a ringtone or a game like Sudoku Unlimited.
