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 in what was otherwise a game to forget was the five sacks that the defense recorded.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Mark Schlereth, Fox’s color analyst, tried to find a silver lining in the Panthers’ inability to pick up a first down or get close enough for a Ryan Fitzgerald field goal attempt.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The families have little choice but to savor the silver linings, including the song itself.
—John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Pratt even found a silver lining in the detour.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Mark Schlereth, Fox’s color analyst, tried to find a silver lining in the Panthers’ inability to pick up a first down or get close enough for a Ryan Fitzgerald field goal attempt.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The families have little choice but to savor the silver linings, including the song itself.
—John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Pratt even found a silver lining in the detour.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Silver lining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20lining. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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