Examples of silverware in a Sentence
The team has gone two seasons without winning any silverware.
we keep the silverware in a separate drawer
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Bring a travel mug to the local coffee store for takeout and silverware to the office to cut back on plastic cups and utensils.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
The tape measure, scissors, some rubber bands, chopsticks, pliers, a spare charging cord, the sewing kit, matches, that knife that doesn’t match the silverware.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
The use of fine china — and of other accouterments associated with formal supper, like silverware — has been on a downward slope for over a century, and in a nosedive in recent decades.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Again, no need for silverware, only a tortilla for scooping.
—Lisa Lopez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
The tape measure, scissors, some rubber bands, chopsticks, pliers, a spare charging cord, the sewing kit, matches, that knife that doesn’t match the silverware.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
The use of fine china — and of other accouterments associated with formal supper, like silverware — has been on a downward slope for over a century, and in a nosedive in recent decades.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Again, no need for silverware, only a tortilla for scooping.
—Lisa Lopez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Silverware.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silverware. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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silverware
noun
sil·ver·ware
-ˌwa(ə)r 
-ˌwe(ə)r
1
: tableware made of or plated with silver
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