silken

Example Sentences

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After years of work with landowners by the charity Butterfly Conservation, the latest survey of silken caterpillar nests has seen huge increases.

From BBC

Near the end, more silken sheets are run across the stage, billowing, washing over the dancers, in an age-old theatrical representation of the ocean.

From New York Times

Except one day came the sound of a silken and soulful trumpet, as a station played a haunting ballad, “Narbona,” with unmistakable Navajo phrasing.

From New York Times

And the long uniform dressers reappeared in silken prints with small trains, perfect for an evening out.

From Seattle Times

The silken slices of flounder in my Chengdu fish fillet were buried at the bottom of a quart container, under a forest floor of dried Chinese peppers and red and green Sichuan peppercorn husks.

From Washington Post