Examples of silverware in a Sentence
The team has gone two seasons without winning any silverware.
we keep the silverware in a separate drawer
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My silverware drawer is packed with personality—it’s filled with assorted spoons, forks, knives, chopsticks, plastic take-out utensils, and metal straws that my family and I use on a regular basis.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
But bringing home silverware is different.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Our lunches were also always served or packed nicely with cloth placemats, napkins, and silverware.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
Heard some screams, plates, glasses, silverware hitting the ground, and then everybody was yelling, get down.
—CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
But bringing home silverware is different.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Our lunches were also always served or packed nicely with cloth placemats, napkins, and silverware.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
Heard some screams, plates, glasses, silverware hitting the ground, and then everybody was yelling, get down.
—CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Silverware.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silverware. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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silverware
noun
sil·ver·ware
-ˌwa(ə)r 
-ˌwe(ə)r
1
: tableware made of or plated with silver
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