Example Sentences

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There had come a silverness in the sky over the next eastern mountain, and he could see the better what he was doing.

From The City of Fire by Hill, Grace Livingston

For let her dip but once—O fair and fleet,— Here in your shallows, yes, Here in your silverness Her two blithe feet,— O Brook of mine, how shall your heart be troubled!

From The Singing Man A Book of Songs and Shadows by Peabody, Josephine Preston