Sentence examples for silky from inspiring English sources

The word 'silky' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is an adjective that describes something that is smooth, soft, and shiny, like silk. Example sentence: Her new dress was made from a silky fabric that felt luxurious against her skin.

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silky

adjective

Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.

  • Cloth with a silky lustre

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The thing many of us love most about him is the silky, loping stride as he runs.

There've been plenty of stunning strikes and silky skills, but our highlight came from the tournament's oldest player – DR Congo's Robert Kidiaba – with his very particular form of celebrating: If you've been at the tournament or watching from home we want to know who your rooting for in the final: the Black Stars or Les Éléphants?

Over the years I had begun to think of him as a demagogue who'd struck it lucky, but in that moment, the silky fluency of his tone, combined with the sharpness of the glance he gave me was like a snake striking: and suddenly, like a new insight, it hit me that here was a dangerous old man.

(In northern China, they drink it as a soup. It has a silky texture and it's quite comforting).

Stir occasionally until the chocolate melts and mixture is smooth and silky.

A "chinge" should be a fabulous silky addition.

But everyone just says Mogs.' Mogs was wearing a kimono fashioned from what might have been hessian, slashed here and there to show a silky green undergarment.

There is a touch of something sinister about these silky domes.

Port showed glimpses of its silky best throughout the first half but the Crows' midfielders were simply too good at the contests, outshining the Power in clearances and tackles.

Then climb into a cast-iron roll-top bath filled with hot sea water and seaweed and play with the algae, feeling your skin turn silky.

I have been wearing two pairs of flares, in real life: a new silky high-waisted black pair, £39.99 from Zara (it says wide-leg trousers on the website, but since the width of my thigh equals that of the trousers, they are definitely flares in my book) and an old pair of Made In Heaven flared jeans which are flat-fronted with a double row of gold buttons down each hipbone.

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