silver lining
Example Sentences
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Pakistan may have found a star in the making, a silver lining to a terrible tour.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
If there is a silver lining, the participation rate of workers in their prime — ages 25 to 54 — was much higher in July and not far from an all-time high.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
A silver lining is that free cash flow at listed distillers should improve as they invest less in laying down new barrels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
“The only silver lining is, thank God, we’re still canceling these books,” as one AI-phobic agent put it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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
