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How to use sterling in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun, adjective

Sterling means an English silver penny first introduced by the Normans. Example: “The spoon looked like sterling, but actually it was cheap silver-plated steel.”

Examples of sterling by meaning

nounAn English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.

  • In England sterlings and nobles were struck, both of them often counterfeited.1911, August Octav Ritter von Loehr, “Numismatics”, in Charles G[eorge] Herbermann [et al.], editors, The Catholic Encyclopedia […], volume...

adjectiveOf acknowledged influence; authoritative; also, of high or excellent quality; of proven worth.

  • Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to prove to their critics there was substance to their sterling start to the season.2014 December 13, Mandeep Sanghera, “Burnley 1 – 0 Southampton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2025

More sentences with sterling

  • The spoon looked like sterling, but actually it was cheap silver-plated steel.From the entry silver-plated
  • The pound sterling is a unit of currency.From the entry unit
  • Twelve spot two five pounds sterling.From the entry spot
  • Sterling Hayden leads a superb cast, but Stanley Kubrick's ultracrisp filmmaking is the real star.2005 April 4, David Sterritt, “An offer Hollywood can't refuse”, in Christian Science Monitor. From the entry ultracrisp
  • Sterling Waterpump makes new and rebuilt waterpumps for auto parts stores.1996, John J. Coyle; Edward J. Bardi; C. John Langley, Jr., “[Dimensions of Logistics] Test Questions”, in Karin E. Maszczak, compiler…. From the entry waterpump
  • He lay so still that the trout returned to their stances beside the stone sterlings.1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19. From the entry leat
  • The Hong Kong Dollar is the local currency unit and has a fixed value of one shilling and three pennies sterling.1964, Commerce & Industry - Volume 23, page 481. From the entry penny sterling
  • Sterling himself, though he had the most picturesque and inimitable vocabulary of vituperation, was highly squeamish about ordinary smut or profanity.1947, Miriam Allen deFord, “Laureate of Bohemia: George Sterlin”, in They Were San Franciscans, Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers…. From the entry vituperation
  • This is reflected in the sterling work of community rail, mobilising volunteers and stakeholders to revitalise underused station buildings and engage with their local community.2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 39. From the entry underused
  • There was a variety of silver coins in circulation, of which the most significant was the silver groat, worth four pennies sterling.2011, Jonathan Sumption, Hundred Years War Vol 3: Divided Houses, →ISBN, page 876. From the entry penny sterling
  • The funds financials, which were sterling, said nothing about the operation risk embedded inside these individual members of the hedge fund maggotry.2006 Fall, Whalen, “Wall Street's Derivatives Casino”, in The International Economy, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2012, page 49. From the entry maggotry
  • Sterling was once again England's key figure, as he was in the Euros, scoring the goal that broke the deadlock before setting up the second for Kane.2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC. From the entry break the deadlock
  • Sterling entered a so-called Alford plea, in which he continued to assert his innocence but acknowledged that the prosecutors had evidence that might persuade a jury.2007 May 3, Bob Driehaus, “Court Rejects Limit on Bids by Convicts for DNA Tests”, in New York Times. From the entry nonforcible
  • Glenn Kilbourne had returned from France early that fall, shell-shocked and gassed, and otherwise incapacitated for service in the army—a wreck of his former sterling self.1922, Zane Grey, chapter 1, in The Call of the Canyon. From the entry shell-shocked

Meaning of sterling

  1. noun An English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.
  2. noun A penny issued in other countries, such as Scotland.
  3. noun The currency of the United Kingdom, also called the pound sterling.

Full definition of sterling

Questions about sterling in a sentence

How do you use sterling in a sentence?
Sterling is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The spoon looked like sterling, but actually it was cheap silver-plated steel.”
What is a short sentence with sterling?
“Twelve spot two five pounds sterling.”
What does sterling mean?
Sterling means an English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.

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