Silken has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Would God, I were the tender apple blossom, That floats and falls from off the twisted bough, To lie and faint within your silken bosom, Within your silken bosom as that does now. | |
| 2. | When Elsa awoke the next morning in her silken bed, with its soft white pillows, she saw a beautiful dress lying over the back of a chair, ready for her to put on. | |
| 3. | The king exchanged his baby, a beautiful boy, for the daughter of a peasant, and the prince lived roughly as the son of poor people, while the little girl slept in a golden cradle, under silken sheets. | |
| 4. | All around the walls hung pictures, and by the great stove stood large Chinese vases with lions on the covers; there were rocking-chairs, silken sofas, great tables covered with picture-books, and toys worth a hundred times a hundred dollars, at least the children said so. | |
| 5. | This silken vest here, green like the sea, reminds us that we spent three days under the ocean. | |
| 6. | Her dainty feet were sandal-clad, while her head remained bare of covering other than her silken tresses. |