How to Use silvery in a Sentence

silvery

adjective
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  • The violinist played with a bright, silvery tone.
  • Silvery light reflected off the water.
  • The male lands next to her and places the slim, silvery fish in her beak.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 5 July 2023
  • For one thing, the moon will be full, a silvery disk in the dark sky.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2022
  • In the park, the wind was rising, the silvery sun no longer burning through the clouds.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Don’t miss the low fire bowl and the slow-growth dwarf olive trees with silvery foliage.
    — oregonlive, 6 July 2022
  • It was covered in silvery beads and paired with a floor-length veil.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The trunk and branches of the tree become silvery and flat, as do the foreground rocks and the figures.
    — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The sky is silvery blue, and birds dart low across our wake, swooping for fish.
    — Trish Lorenz, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Most days this silvery half-light is enough to nourish the fledglings skyward, to charge the battery of the heart.
    — Campbell McGrath, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
  • Dicks is good for a few mild yuks when Bowen Yang shows up, in tiny, silvery shorts, as God.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Like a dance floor in a tube, the silvery shade Disco Queen shown above is bound to start a party.
    — Deanna Pai and Sarah Han, Allure, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The silvery green leaves of the olive tree resonate throughout the house, including the front door.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • While the summer solstice is all about the sun, Cancer is ruled by the silvery moon.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 16 June 2021
  • The shrill cry of the Batá drum and the low moans of the dùndún drum, from the Yoruba; the metallic clatter of the ogene bell and the silvery melody of the opi flute, from the Igbo.
    — Wired, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Scott Johnson plucks one from a bin and looks at the name freshly stamped in silvery foil.
    — Danny Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • All around me are silvery fish, swimming up from the Gulf of Maine to spawn in Highland Lake, about 11 miles from the sea.
    — James Prosek, National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Schools of bar jack fish swam through, rays of sun bouncing off their silvery sides.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The leaves are heart-shaped and colored a deep green with silvery patterns etched on the surface.
    — ExpressNews.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Her silvery voice scaled the facade of the building as the setting sun seemed to stall awhile to listen.
    — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Russell meant for the piece, with craters pockmarking its silvery surface, to pay homage to the majesty of the almighty.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 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
  • Beaches around the lake were coated with stinking windrows of the dead, silvery fish.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Beyond that, at the end of the street, a silvery moon hovered above the inky-black nighttime water.
    — Gully Wells, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
  • His silvery ponytail flutters in the wind, and a string of eagle claws adorns his neck.
    — Deepa Bharath, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Off-white stockings match the fireplace and the silvery ornaments on the tree.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2022
  • As Chay grabbed his push pole to propel the boat forward, a silvery back broke the surface about 90 feet ahead.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • With the sunlight dappling through the silvery leaves of the tree, the koala began climbing higher in search of fresh leaves.
    — Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
  • In the pic, Kendall is rocking a glow-in-the-dark long sleeved shirt, while Hailey dons a silvery corset top and sparkling earrings.
    — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 21 Apr. 2019
  • For those who didn't have a wig on hand, Berry came prepared with a few extras and tossing them out into the crowd—including a silvery platinum reminiscent of her hair from X-Men.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 18 Sep. 2024

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