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Example sentences for: silk

How can you use “silk” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The two-dimensional puppets, manipulated behind a silk screen, can jump and fly, giving the colorful silhouettes an advantage over the actors in Chinese opera.
Foreign traders journeyed here to purchase silk, porcelain, and spices, and, by so doing, incidentally introduced the Chinese to foreign ideas.
The silk gives the carpets their unique sheen.
At the end of the line is a shop where foreign visitors, exploiting their newly gained expertise, browse through the bolts of silk.
It can also damage fabrics (especially protein-based materials such as silk and wool).