Examples of silver lining in a Sentence
If there's a silver lining to losing my job, it's that I'll now be able to go to school full-time and finish my degree earlier.
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The longtime cable chief pointed to the silver lining.
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Sitting on the sideline with the coaches and getting their perspective was a silver lining, learning a new perspective of basketball.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
But there is one silver lining for San Anselmo.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
There was a lot of silver linings to it.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Jan. 2026
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Sitting on the sideline with the coaches and getting their perspective was a silver lining, learning a new perspective of basketball.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
But there is one silver lining for San Anselmo.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
There was a lot of silver linings to it.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for silver lining
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“Silver lining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20lining. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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