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

A slight improvement in services sentiment provided a silver lining, as well as a drop in selling-price expectations, pointing to a slower transition of input costs into core inflation, Colijn notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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

But just because you get distracted by the silver lining for a little while, that doesn’t mean there’s not still a huge dark cloud behind it.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick