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 only silver lining for the US military was its successful rescue of both helicopter crew members from the water due to the unprecedented use of a drone boat.
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Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026
Finding a silver lining in the memory, Josh recalls how being in each other's company for Erin's birthday helped ease the pain of their hard work on the hotel being lost, especially since the public didn't know the full extent of the damage at the time.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
That touch of gray was offset with a little bit of a silver lining.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
Frankel—who strutted down the W South Beach runway wearing a black strappy bikini embellished with silver hardware followed by a cheeky blue and white crochet bikini—said she’s managed to find a silver lining to the overwhelming online scrutiny.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 2 June 2026
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Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026
Finding a silver lining in the memory, Josh recalls how being in each other's company for Erin's birthday helped ease the pain of their hard work on the hotel being lost, especially since the public didn't know the full extent of the damage at the time.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
That touch of gray was offset with a little bit of a silver lining.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
Frankel—who strutted down the W South Beach runway wearing a black strappy bikini embellished with silver hardware followed by a cheeky blue and white crochet bikini—said she’s managed to find a silver lining to the overwhelming online scrutiny.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 2 June 2026
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“Silver lining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20lining. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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