How to Use silver screen in a Sentence

silver screen

noun
  • Away from the stage and silver screen, Harpo talked plenty.
    — Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
  • Ahead, learn about the 17 outfits that made this silver screen siren a fashion icon for the ages.
    — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Look no further than Gen-X silver screen icon Ethan Hawke.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026
  • What happens when a silver screen icon meets an icon of Marxist revolution?
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • Some have their fame sealed in silver screen history, while others forgo the glitziness and are better known through word-of-mouth.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Along with a stacked roster of music heavyweights, the night also featured Texas sports and silver screen royalty.
    — Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 18 Aug. 2025
  • While some states might not have as many onscreen depictions to choose from, locals from each state weighed in on what silver screen classics best represent their hometown.
    — Hannah Huber, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Hollywood creates silver screen narratives adored by the world, but its institution for visual art was getting lapped by smaller cities.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Jenna Ortega was rocking a Christian Cowen lace slip dress that was daring and channeled silver screen sirens from the era.
    — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Expect a drop dead gorgeous, talented cast, complete with beautiful scoring and choreography that is silver screen worthy.
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Golden Globes hair 2026 channeled silver screen elegance with movie star bobs, sculptural waves, and vintage styles owning the night.
    — Grace McCarty, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The Golden Age of Hollywood saw silver screen siren Sophia Loren take over global cinema.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 June 2026
  • The film is emblematic of the Swinging London cultural era, and notable for featuring the first silver screen appearance of Jane Birkin.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2025
  • There’s no doubt that reportedly cohabitating with the most in-demand silver screen icon since Leonardo DiCaprio has upped Kylie’s Letterboxd game.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna, played by Lopez.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Laura Dern assumed the shawl in the 2019 silver screen adaptation previously worn by Susan Sarandon and Mary Astor.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
  • The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez).
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
  • As for their personal relationship, Cassini and Kelly were engaged following his divorce from fellow silver screen legend Gene Tierney in 1953.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Several silver screen adaptations followed, including Peter Brook’s 1963 take and Harry Hook’s 1990 movie.
    — Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
  • In prison, Molina uses his imagination to retreat into the comfort of his favorite movie, starring fictitious silver screen diva Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez, to get through the horrors of Argentina’s repressive regime.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
  • As an Argentinian prisoner with a high-wattage flare for storytelling, Tonatiuh acts out the life and work of his favorite silver screen diva La Luna (Jennifer Lopez) to bond with his radical cellmate (Diego Luna).
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Molina, who is fascinated by silver screen legend Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez), distracts himself and Valentín with a recounting of his favorite film of hers — The Kiss of the Spider Woman.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Molina, a window dresser imprisoned for public indecency, escapes the grim reality of their confinement by retelling the plot of a glamorous Hollywood musical featuring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez).
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • With Giuseppe Tornatore—the Oscar-winning director of Cinema Paradiso (1990)—at the helm, the film offers a romantic portrait of Cucinelli’s singular brand of craftsmanship and philosophy, rendered with a hint of silver screen nostalgia.
    — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The first edition falls on the 70th anniversary of the day Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger’s seminal musical starring Black silver screen pioneers Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, debuted at Cannes.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 May 2026

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