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 silver lining, coming out of a season without their superstar, was the emergence of freshman Jazzy Davidson, who came to USC to play alongside Watkins.
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Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Even so, there was little time to dwell on that silver lining.
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
The silver lining here is that residents are pushing back, including a group of local college students who hauled roughly 500 pounds of trash from the Santa Ana River at a nearby park in Riverside, in an effort to clean up the area.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
But there’s a silver lining there, too.
—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
23 June 2026
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Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Even so, there was little time to dwell on that silver lining.
—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
The silver lining here is that residents are pushing back, including a group of local college students who hauled roughly 500 pounds of trash from the Santa Ana River at a nearby park in Riverside, in an effort to clean up the area.
—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
But there’s a silver lining there, too.
—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
23 June 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 7 Jul. 2026.
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