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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The half dollar is pretty, silvery white, the first my children have found.
  — Emily Brisse, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
• The result: More silvery strands in the bathroom mirror.
  — Cathryne Keller, SELF, 15 Mar. 2024
• The sky was deep blue above and red at the horizon; the first stars were out, and the silvery sea below us was dotted with the lights of fishing boats.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2023
• Gallium is a soft, silvery metal and is easy to cut with a knife.
  — Laura He, CNN, 4 July 2023
• The moon is bright and casts a silvery blue color on everything...
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
• The silvery getup complete with a disco ball-like hood, which was ready to party the night away in.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2022
• Sucking on a silvery chunk of lead as a kid can, decades later, cause you to be mean and self-centered.
  — oregonlive, 19 July 2021
• California’s rivers were once teeming with silvery steelhead, but habitat loss and fragmentation has helped push them to the brink of extinction.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 5 Oct 2024