Sentence examples for silver plank from inspiring English sources
The convention was riven by debate over whether to include a free silver plank in the campaign's platform, opposing the gold standard and calling for the government to mint large numbers of silver dollars.
This had been an important objective of the Populist Party in the election of 1892, and in 1896 the Democrats, despite strong opposition from President Grover Cleveland, made unlimited coinage of silver the principal plank in their platform.
The "free silver" movement, a key plank for the party in 1896 and 1900, was popular among indebted Western farmers who felt that inflation would help them repay their debts.
One kitchen was fashioned from the factory's silver vault; others have pine plank ceilings.
Up and up they stretch, reddish new planks contrasting with faded silver ones.
At his shop, I learned to plane long planks of angelique, wana and silver balli, tropical hardwoods from Suriname (hand-harvested in an environmentally conscious manner), as well as white oak, cedar and hackmatack from North America.
Both rooms exuded a tasteful beach vibe with their wide-plank, whitewashed oak floors, woven rattan headboards, Frette linens, and framed silver and gold sand dollars and seashells.
There are four of them: the pistol-toting medic with the silver hair, the Goth techy idly cradling an energy pistol, the tiny woman in big boots slapping a plank of wood in her fist, and the sharp-talking shotgunner.
Plank you and goodnight".
