Example Sentences

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Behold Lydia Tár: lithe and silkily glamorous as a Saluki, an intricately coiled helix of genius, nervous tics, elegant taste and steely nerve.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022

He took a silkily rendered lock of the avatar’s hair between his fingers, and began to cut away.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2022

Los Angeles’ mayor, Frank Shaw, silkily told Americans over the radio, “The sun is shining over Southern California today and ... Los Angeles is still smiling.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2022

Best find Azor, from debut director Andreas Fontana, a silkily executed, menace-laden art thriller about a Swiss banker in dictatorship-era Argentina.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2021

When he was done he felt a pleasing lightness in the air around him which slipped silkily over his skin and through his nostrils.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan