Example sentences for: silver

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

  • In very traditional weddings, the arras, thirteen coins or pieces of silver, are given by the groom to his bride as a symbol of security.

  • A remnant of the Byzantine Empire survived in Nicaea (now Iznik), and recaptured Constantinople in 1261, but the city had been shattered and its great monuments were strip­ped of gold, silver, and precious works of art.

  • He was born with a silver gag in his mouth.

  • Clarke pointed to a silver lining: "The fact that its existence has become at least partially known, may for a while change the al Qida movement patterns," he wrote, but "it may also serve as a healthy reminder to al Qida and the Taliban that they are not out of our thoughts or sight."

  • Whole stalls are devoted to them, made from silver and gold, metal, wood, glass, plastic, and — best bargain of all — colorful varnished papier mâché from Kashmir.


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