silver spoon

Example Sentences

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I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Tice, who attended the £16,000 per-term Uppingham School, agreed that he was born "with a silver spoon in his mouth".

From BBC • May 16, 2025

"Some red squirrels have the luck of being born into gentler early environments, akin to being born with a silver spoon," Petrullo said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

As a labor organizer, Butler worked to better the lives of nurses in Baltimore and Milwaukee, janitors in Philadelphia and hospital workers in New Haven, Conn. No hedge funds or silver spoon in her background.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

She places a gleaming silver spoon and fork on the dirt-encrusted table and leans back to survey it.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie