cherished

Example Sentences

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The moral is that, in everyone’s life, there will be one or two occasions when they will need every dollar, so frugality is to be cherished.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

But his 15-year-old son Harry's favourite memories of his dad were made at home, where Matt was a larger-than-life character who cherished his family.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“Jeremy was a cherished member of our team and a true champion for Downtown Santa Monica,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Against the conventional wisdom that civil rights were fundamentally different from political rights, Black Americans insisted that both were vital to make real America’s most cherished constitutional ideals.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

She thought, Freedom’s a hard-bought thing, not bought with dust, but bought with all of oneself—the bones, the spirit and the flesh—and once obtained it had to be cherished, no matter what the cost.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry