Tom dashed into the room amid a shower of sparks and splinters of burning woodwork.

I only managed to take the splinter out with a pin.

Tom had a splinter in his finger.

He tried to yank the splinter out with his teeth.

Tom tried to pull the splinter out of Mary's finger.

I have a splinter in the palm of my hand.

She has a splinter in her finger.

Tom tried to get the splinter out of Mary's finger.

Splinters fly when you chop wood.

Soon enough, countries splintered all over Terra to create over a thousand small countries.