Sentence examples for better silver from inspiring English sources

Not that other cities have fared much better; silver and bronze medals might be presented to Atlanta (1996) and even Beijing (2008).

As for Raymond Chandler, Mr. James writes: "Flaubert liked tinsel better than silver because tinsel possessed all silver's attributes plus one in addition -- pathos.

"A good education is better than silver or gold — that's my motto," he said.

It says that a good name is more desirable than great riches, to be esteemed is better than silver or gold".

His choruses alluded to Proverbs ("A good name is better than silver and gold"), and the "something you'll never forget" in that early track is that "one day you'll be lying dead".

The BOA decided not to set a specific medal target before the start of the games, saying only that it hoped to better the silver medal from Turin four years earlier, but UK Sport had hoped the team could win three medals.

But man, does it look better in silver or what?

The first thing is that the image quality and permanence are better than silver halide.

It's a commodity that retains its intrinsic value and historically has done so better than silver, copper or anything else.

After a five-month spell out of the ring recovering from shoulder surgery, Ogogo had hoped to better the silver medal he won at the 2010 Commonwealth Games by winning an Olympic gold.

Visually-impaired skiers Kelly Gallagher and Jade Etherington will be hoping to come away with Britain's first-ever gold medals at the Paralympic Games while the wheelchair curlers will bid to better the silver they won in Turin in 2006.