silk
Example Sentences
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She created all the world and everything in it, spinning us into being on threads of silk.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Betye Saar practically levitates into the room wearing a Max Mara jacket that resembles a bird’s plumage, with a butter-yellow silk Dior dress grazing the ground behind her and a cane in her hand.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Sailing west across the Pacific for three months, the ships brought silver coins from Spain's American colonies to Manila, where they would be exchanged for luxury goods like silk, porcelain and jade from China.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Sam and Mary give and take in equal measure, wrapped in a continuum made from red silk.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
If I am remembering correctly, he wore a silk cravat overflowing a grosgrain waistcoat from his London tailor.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing silk
Chinese History - Introductory
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Chinese History - Middle School and High School
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Out Of Whole Cloth: Material Words
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