SILVER in a Sentence

Learn SILVER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
243 example sentences for SILVER, such as:
1. Every cloud has a silver lining.
2. Cover the chicken with silver foil and bake.
3. She embroidered silver stars on her blue dress.
4. Genius without educaton is like silver in the mine.
5. The silver cup is embossed with a design of flowers.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SILVER
silver
 a.  made from or largely consisting of silver
 a.  having the white lustrous sheen of silver
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But I haven't got the time now; I'm late as it is, he returned, holding his old silver turnip-watch to the candle.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  The early mist had vanished and the fields lay like a silver shield under the sun.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
3  There was the click of china and the rattle of silver as Pork, the valet-butler of Tara, laid the table for supper.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  "I wouldn't have Cade on a silver tray," cried Scarlett in fury.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  The heavy mahogany table and sideboards, the massive silver, the bright rag rugs on the shining floor were all in their accustomed places, just as if nothing had happened.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  Pork entered the room, bearing a plate, silver and a napkin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  The barbecue had reached its peak and the warm air was full of laughter and talk, the click of silver on porcelain and the rich heavy smells of roasting meats and redolent gravies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  Uncle Henry was a short, pot-bellied, irascible old gentleman with a pink face, a shock of long silver hair and an utter lack of patience with feminine timidities and vaporings.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  It was at Mrs. Elsing's silver musicale for the benefit of the convalescents that Rhett signed his final warrant of ostracism.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  The large cut-glass bowl held at the door by the Elsings' butler had been emptied twice of its burden of silver coins.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  That in itself was enough to make the affair a success, for now a dollar in silver was worth sixty dollars in Confederate paper money.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
12  His long holster and belt glistened and his silver spurs and scabbard gleamed, from the industrious polishing Uncle Peter had given them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
13  True, grim determination had taken the place of high-hearted hopes, but people could still find a silver lining in the cloud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
14  He swung onto Nellie and cantered off, his hat in his hand, his silver hair bare to the rain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
15  Here and there, frightened servants carried silver pitchers, knives and forks and a family portrait or two which had been salvaged in the first fight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden.
2  Apply yourself to true riches; it is shameful to depend upon silver and gold for a happy life.
3  The old man conjured up a bag of silver coins from his pocket.
4  Some thieves do not even bother to melt down stolen silver for its scrap value.
5  Genius without educaton is like silver in the mine.
6  He and Helen celebrated their silver wedding last year.
7  The year before last he won a gold medal, and the year before that he won a silver.
8  She embroidered silver stars on her blue dress.
9  He rose and proffered a silver box full of cigarettes.
10  Cover the chicken with silver foil and bake.
11  He was hurled out of the hotel for stealing a silver cup.
12  The silver cup is embossed with a design of flowers.
13  The silver vase is embossed with a design of flowers.
14  Every cloud has a silver lining.
15  A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.