silver lining

Example Sentences

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One silver lining to Stokes' absence could be the time he spent in the middle for Durham.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

But then there’s baseball, and one possible silver lining.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

All of which goes to show that there are few clouds without a silver lining, including the cloud of higher interest rates.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

There is a silver lining to the bond selloff: The rise in yields reflects some confidence in the economy—even if it could eventually undermine that outlook by lifting borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

But hey, we might be fish out of water, but at least we had escaped the horns of our dilemma to a silver lining, as Mami might say.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez