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Monsieur de Soyecourt noted also that Helene's gold hair was silvering now, as though Time had tangled cobwebs through it, and that Gaston was profoundly unconscious of the fact.

From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch

“What a lovely morning!” said Harry to Mavers, who was leaning over the bows, looking seaward and eastward where the sun was silvering a broad belt of long rippling wavelets.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon

The first light was silvering the gloom above the river, the lamps were paling to the day, when George went out and dropped this missive in the letter-box.

From The Country House by Galsworthy, John

Her eyes were widely set, and blue, and mother-sweet, and her hair was silvering with the caress of the years.

From The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers by Wallace, Edna Kingsley

"We'll have a breather on deck to clear your old head." iii By this time the moon was silvering the river, riding high above the earth, serenely a thing of eternal mystery to her beholders.

From Nocturne by Swinnerton, Frank