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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But this will be a slim silver lining compared to the overall hit to the sector.
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Angelica Ang, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
But there were some real silver linings.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
That defense is a silver lining, but vulnerabilities have still been revealed.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
But there was a silver lining to all the family turmoil.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
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Angelica Ang, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
But there were some real silver linings.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
That defense is a silver lining, but vulnerabilities have still been revealed.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
But there was a silver lining to all the family turmoil.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Silver lining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20lining. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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