silver
noun
a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Ag; 107.870; 47; 10.5 at 20°C.
had silvered
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past perfectof silver.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The moonlight had silvered his armor and the gold of his hair, and turned his crimson cloak to black.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
So, they all laugh at the dark solemn head of the yew tree, and throw stones up at the place where the moon had silvered the boughs.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 by Various
The fatigues of six voyages to India, the anxieties of speculation, the dangers he had encountered and evaded, and his many griefs, had silvered Charles Mignon's head.
From Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac
The air, chill with the mist which had silvered everything, was warm compared to the atmosphere of the house.
From Notwithstanding by Mary Cholmondeley
In those three years alienation from his only child he had suffered much, and untimely old age had silvered his temples and worn deep furrows o'er his brow.
From Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various
