silken
Example Sentences
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Not the silken, restaurant version piped into porcelain.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
He brought silken “descending dove” tone to his solo playing, but at low tone becoming more a voice from afar than soloist.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
On a cold September morning, Jamie Smart discovered an orb-weaver spider curled up inside its silken hideaway.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
Times have changed and the New Hollywood brings a more robust tone and more overt interaction to its effusive interpretation compared with the silken and playful Slatkin and crew, who were all Russian-trained players.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2025
His voice is low and silken and intimate and I don’t trust myself to answer this question.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.