silver lining
noun
: a consoling or hopeful prospect
Example Sentences
If there's a silver lining to losing my job, it's that I'll now be able to go to school full-time and finish my degree earlier.
Recent Examples on the Web Until recently, a silver lining of Omicron has been its tendency to instead accumulate in the upper respiratory tract, causing symptoms more similar to a cold or the flu. 
Erin Prater, Fortune, 12 July 2022 In a strange way, the silver lining of having all this time off and not being on the road gave us a choice. Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 29 Apr. 2022 The White House continues to emphasize that there are 20,000 free Covid-19 testing sites across the country, but one silver lining of the recent surge might be that Americans are more comfortable with testing at home. Amanda Sealy And Deidre Mcphillips, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022 But a weird silver lining of the pandemic is that we’ve been forced to face the reality of her problems. Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2022 The silver lining of the tornado, according to Spann, is what was left after his trees were uprooted. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 13 Dec. 2021 The silver lining of this crisis is that hyperinflation and the cash shortage precipitated a spontaneous dollarization of the economy . . . Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 30 Oct. 2021 The silver lining of enduring the state's sweltering summer heat — which can last well into the later parts of the season — is just one luxe hotel, posh restaurant, or idyllic landscape away. Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2021 The agency managed to find a silver lining in the flames. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 See More
Erin Prater, Fortune, 12 July 2022 In a strange way, the silver lining of having all this time off and not being on the road gave us a choice. Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 29 Apr. 2022 The White House continues to emphasize that there are 20,000 free Covid-19 testing sites across the country, but one silver lining of the recent surge might be that Americans are more comfortable with testing at home. Amanda Sealy And Deidre Mcphillips, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022 But a weird silver lining of the pandemic is that we’ve been forced to face the reality of her problems. Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2022 The silver lining of the tornado, according to Spann, is what was left after his trees were uprooted. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 13 Dec. 2021 The silver lining of this crisis is that hyperinflation and the cash shortage precipitated a spontaneous dollarization of the economy . . . Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 30 Oct. 2021 The silver lining of enduring the state's sweltering summer heat — which can last well into the later parts of the season — is just one luxe hotel, posh restaurant, or idyllic landscape away. Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2021 The agency managed to find a silver lining in the flames. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
from the phrase "every cloud has a silver lining"
First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above