How to Use silvery in a Sentence

silvery

adjective

• 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
• They are known for their white beard, silvery-blue coat, long tail and cow-like horns.
  — Bryce Airgood, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2018
• 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
• Then, for a moment, its silvery side shimmered in the sun.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The gray itself is a shock of silvery white interspersed with some brown strands on the nape of my neck and along my cheeks.
  — Jessica Berger Gross, Longreads, 10 July 2018
• Look for small, raindrop-like ripples on the surface of the water, or even frantic silvery splashes.
  — Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024