Only a moment because the gilded wood, weakened by his earlier blow, split with a loud crack, and the arm dropped to the carpet.

The wood shivered and split apart, revealing yet another room, this one dark.

Now they want their wood already split.

The wood split itself on the blade and fell apart.

There was also a crack of light near the center panel, where the thick wood had split.

The wood had split, the lid opening to spill the chest's contents across the ground.

The wood had split away from the screws that had held the bolt.

The sailor's fist slammed down on the table so hard that Blade was afraid the tough wood would split.

Outside under the window were some carts and an old diligence, the wood of the roof cracked and split by the weather.