How to Use silver lining in a Sentence

silver lining

noun
  • 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.
  • But gotta look at the silver lining of it.
    — David Delgado, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
  • There was a lot of silver linings to it.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Jan. 2026
  • That is the silver lining to this mess for me.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
  • There is a silver lining, if it can be called that.
    — Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • But there may be a silver lining.
    — Joyce Marter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That would be one big silver lining from these past three years.
    — Megan Ranney, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022
  • That was kind of the silver lining.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But there might be a silver lining.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
  • Still, there are two silver linings to these dark clouds.
    — Dr. Marschall Runge, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Their bond has been a silver lining.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 13 May 2026
  • And that’s where there might be a silver lining in the new study.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
  • But, for silver lining’s sake, there seems to be one here.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
  • That could’ve been the silver lining of their rough start.
    — Sam McDowell December 15, Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025
  • There’s a silver lining in that, at least.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Call it a silver lining, and a bonus present to cap off the night.
    — Ben Pickman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But there’s a silver lining there, too.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 23 June 2026
  • While this seems like a bad thing, there is a silver lining in all this.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Maybe the good part is, the silver lining is, that there’s no need for surgery.
    — Fred Goodall, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • There is a silver lining for those looking to sell their homes.
    — Richard Galant, CNN, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Even so, there was little time to dwell on that silver lining.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • But in true form, Kilmer is quick to point out the silver lining.
    — Kara Warner, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • But in that play, there was something of a silver lining.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But at least the show from his teammates has been a silver lining.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Kind of like a silver lining on this season.
    — David O'Brien, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But could there be a hidden silver lining to all that rapid change?
    — Sara Gaynes Levy, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
  • There are no silver linings to be had from how the program has looked.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That was like the silver lining in light of all this that happened this year.
    — Michael Wojtychiw, chicagotribune.com, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Naylor was at peace with it — and saw the silver lining.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Pratt even found a silver lining in the detour.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025

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