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Recent Examples of silvery Up the hill, the Spanish Mosque glows at sunset—its terrace offering sweeping views of terracotta rooftops and silvery olive groves. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 The problem with this explanation is that photons are bouncing off the silvery side, which imparts even more momentum. Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025 Moss has experimented with it all, from silvery side burns to white blonde shades and even committed to gray facial hair back in 2021. Michelle Lee, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Drone footage captured 21 instances of killer whales hunting schools of herring — a type of small, silvery fish — in shallow water near the shoreline. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for silvery
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Adjective
  • It’s set in a small-town community in upstate New York, where the long-gray-haired and bearded Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin) is the contempo version of a fire-and-brimstone cult leader, preaching fury in the form of piety.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But Leticia Gutierrez, a gray-haired Catholic nun, asked them to sit down.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Kraus is described as having long, silver hair and brown eyes.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This elevated, one-of-a-kind in-room dining experience presents the city’s beloved sandwich – whose origins date back to the 1930s – on a silver platter with white-glove service, blending luxury with the comfort and flavor of the classic.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Silvery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silvery. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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