How to Use silverware in a Sentence

silverware

noun

• The team has gone two seasons without winning any silverware.
• The first silverware arrived in the form of the 2011 FA Cup.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2018
• Now is the time to head to the thrift store and pick up a pile of vintage silverware!
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022
• The Spaniard took charge of the side last summer, but failed to bring in any silverware.
  — SI.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• Take all of your silverware out and give your trays a full-on clean.
  — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2024
• There’s a slot in the silverware tray that slides over to make room below.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 15 Feb. 2023
• Death is present in the fire, in the carpet, in the curtains, in the stuffiness of the old furniture and the silverware.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2019
• All the cooking pots, silverware, stemware and plates would be done.
  — cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
• If storage is the goal, a caddie at the end of a counter can hold silverware and dishes.
  — Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
• Jack learns his own silverware etiquette in the film, too.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2022
• So among the scores of clever items on the Food52 website, these denim silverware wraps caught my eye.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 21 May 2018
• Even the abrupt sounds of closing doors and clinking silverware were no match for this ANC.
  — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 2 Sep. 2020
• Each place setting was fashioned with gold silverware, a linen napkin and a glass in the shape of a butt.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• Kroger gave $500 for last-minute supplies like plates and silverware to help the night run smoothly.
  — Delaney Strunk, CNN, 23 June 2019
• The silverware and dishes were clean, and the meals were adequate.
  — Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 26 Oct. 2022
• The place was ransacked, silverware strewn about the dining room.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• The only thing that took me a while to adjust to was using silverware again.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2020
• The timbre of taps, the din of dings, silverware clangs in kitchens, door knocks, knuckle cracks, head scratches.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2018
• Start with a fun set of plates, and keep the silverware, cups, and dishes minimal.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 15 Jan. 2020
• Yet its glory days when fans of the Red Devils were spoiled with silverware are over.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022
• From tiny shrimp toasts to pop-able crispy meatballs, ditch the silverware for finger foods.
  — Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2019
• The conditions here are very bad: the silverware is always badly cleaned and the heads are filthy.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2018
• Drifting in from outside is a cool breeze and the sound of laughter, words, and the clinking of glasses and silverware.
  — Longreads, 2 Jan. 2020
• And, once your pink salad is assembled, feel free to go ahead and skip the silverware.
  — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, 9 Mar. 2018
• Plastic trays were stacked with bowls and silverware from their homes, and there were large thermoses for tea.
  — Yaqoob Akbary Victor J. Blue, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• The cupboards are stocked with their china, the drawers filled with their silverware.
  — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• The voices of patrons were hushed with just the clink of silverware audible as the four sat in silence.
  — Christopher Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020
• All the napkins and plates can go in the compost, but also the silverware, which is all made from palm leaf or sugar cane.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2018
• And yet, for some, silverware is the minimum currency and requirement for any manager in charge in the post-Ferguson era.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
• White dinner plates sit on woven placemats by Rush Matters and are flanked by classic David Mellor sterling silverware.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024