The steeper the angle of the blade, the less chance there is of the wood chipping or splintering.

The door burst open, wood splintering along the locked edge.

The lock burst, flimsy wood splintering around it.

Tanis was nearly halfway across when part of the platform gave way, the rotten wood splintering beneath his feet.

Grunting loudly, Gehn raised the spout time and again, smashing it against the door, the wood splintering more and more each time.

The words barely registered in Bonnie's mind as the awful creaking noise of the wood splintering apart brought her head up ... just as the huge pole began its descent straight for her.

More than one shoulder was hitting the door now, and he could hear the wood splintering behind him.

They could hear the wood splintering under his teeth - a sound like a mouse in a shed wainscot at midnight.

The two of them crashed down hard, wood splintering around them.