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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As the case goes to trial, the former president’s inner circle sees a silver lining in the timing.
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Alan Feuer, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Resilience And Vigilance Are Working A silver lining, but disproportionately to the hysteria about supply-chains-in-trouble, was the fact that the ship signaled distress and within minutes police had stopped traffic in both directions.
—Kevin O'Marah, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
But again, the silver lining for Portugal is this number marks an 8.53 percent drop from the 2012 data, which had 68.11 road deaths per million inhabitants.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
To the clouds that sailed the region’s skies, the sun gave a bright outline, suggestive of the proverbial silver lining.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
If there’s one silver lining for festivalgoers, the rain will likely subside during the evening hours.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
Implications for Trump: As the case goes to trial, the former president’s inner circle sees a silver lining in the timing.
—Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Great victories look more ambiguous in hindsight, and catastrophic defeats sometimes have silver linings.
—Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2024
Sometimes this is the silver lining of a difficult relationship with a boss or colleague.
—Emily Rose, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Alan Feuer, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Resilience And Vigilance Are Working A silver lining, but disproportionately to the hysteria about supply-chains-in-trouble, was the fact that the ship signaled distress and within minutes police had stopped traffic in both directions.
—Kevin O'Marah, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
But again, the silver lining for Portugal is this number marks an 8.53 percent drop from the 2012 data, which had 68.11 road deaths per million inhabitants.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
To the clouds that sailed the region’s skies, the sun gave a bright outline, suggestive of the proverbial silver lining.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
If there’s one silver lining for festivalgoers, the rain will likely subside during the evening hours.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
Implications for Trump: As the case goes to trial, the former president’s inner circle sees a silver lining in the timing.
—Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Great victories look more ambiguous in hindsight, and catastrophic defeats sometimes have silver linings.
—Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2024
Sometimes this is the silver lining of a difficult relationship with a boss or colleague.
—Emily Rose, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Silver lining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20lining. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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