silver screen
Example Sentences
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To mention the most popular moan, the silver screen has been losing its monopoly on displaying moving pictures since the arrival of TV in the 1940s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
It’s been 18 years since “Rush Hour 3” hit the silver screen in 2007, but its producers and director Brett Ratner have reportedly been shopping around a sequel ever since.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025
The best actors carry a kind of magic that reaches into us and transcends the silver screen.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
No matter what your home setup is like, it can’t compare to the feeling of seeing a film on the silver screen.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2025
Joe, who had just seen a Paramount movie short featuring a cartoon character new to the silver screen, Popeye the Sailor, wrote in his scrapbook that night, “I yam disgusted.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
