How to Use silver lining in a Sentence

silver lining

noun
Definition of silver liningnext
  • If there's a silver lining to losing my job, it's that I'll now be able to go to school full-time and finish my degree earlier.
  • In the short term, this is a silver lining for Democrats.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 July 2022
  • The agency managed to find a silver lining in the flames.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The silver lining is that at least the Blazers showed some heart.
    — oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2021
  • While this seems like a bad thing, there is a silver lining in all this.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Lost in Sunday’s 49ers loss to the Rams was a big silver lining.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • But in Worm’s view, the study’s bleak findings come with a silver lining.
    — Gina Errico, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
  • So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Still, some have found a silver lining to the shutdowns.
    — Sam Mednick, ajc, 1 Nov. 2022
  • But there’s a silver lining to the rising cost of goods and services.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2023
  • But there is a silver lining to the DEI function’s constriction: The cream has risen to the top.
    — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • In a strange way, the silver lining of having all this time off and not being on the road gave us a choice.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 29 Apr. 2022
  • For Huffman, her service with the group is the silver lining of the scandal.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Though she's been through a lot of hard times, Amalie does feel like there are some silver linings to the changes in her life in the last 10 months.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
  • Kate, 39, then spoke about the silver lining that came out of the difficult times.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • That would be one big silver lining from these past three years.
    — Megan Ranney, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Adjustments to the suburbs aside, the move had a silver lining for the couple.
    — Kait Hanson, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
  • There is a silver lining for those looking to sell their homes.
    — Richard Galant, CNN, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The family hates to see the tree cut down, Greg Kaelin said in a release, but there's a silver lining.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2022
  • There might be silver linings hidden in the chaos, or even a sense of relief.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 June 2024
  • There are not a lot of silver linings here, people, but Bob got some rest.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
  • To the clouds that sailed the region’s skies, the sun gave a bright outline, suggestive of the proverbial silver lining.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
  • For Shapiro, being able to decide on the fate of Elbo Room is a silver lining.
    — Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2022
  • One silver lining for those who are flying in the first few months of 2022: Airfares are down.
    — Marnie Hunter, CNN, 5 Jan. 2022
  • If there’s a silver lining, there was more time for writing as things shut down.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Could there be a silver lining to these looming clouds?
    — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 11 May 2022
  • Despite that, some of their stories have a silver lining, thanks to Martha.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 14 June 2023
  • A week earlier, North Texas managed 21 points but the silver lining was the other side of the ball.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • To Roberts, that was at least one silver lining from Monday.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • There were still plenty of silver linings that emerged.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024

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