Examples of silvery in a Sentence

a pond full of silvery fish a dress of silvery gray silk Silvery light reflected off the water. The violinist played with a bright, silvery tone. a singer with a beautiful silvery voice

Recent Examples on the Web Then there was the thistle’s prickly stems, leaves, and calyx, with tufts of white and purple flowers blooming or silvery-gray plumes breaking off and blowing away in the wind. — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022 The sashimi procession kicked off with sayori, the thin silvery fish whose season (late winter to early spring) is coming to a close. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2022 The small, silvery fish, also a non-native, fouled beaches around Lake Michigan. — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2022 These small, silvery fish are typically sold filleted and canned in oil or packed in salt, and can be used in a lot of the same ways as fish sauce. — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022 The floors of the Hammerstein were carpeted in plush beige, and the walls lined with silvery curtains flounced into enormous campy pleats. — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Sep. 2022 The silvery-green bush, with its distinctive white flowers in the spring, releases a rich, aromatic aroma when the leaves are burned to produce smoke. — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2022 What's more, the ABC star tied it together with a silvery smoky eye, nude lips and beach waves. — Good Housekeeping, 26 Aug. 2022 With their spectacular play of sunlight on the silvery white tree bark and the green lawns behind them, these paintings are seductive. — Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 See More

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