precious

Example Sentences

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The band of wolf fur was tattered and filthy, but very precious.

From Literature

And with the introduction of precious SaraLee, the curtain comes down on the first act.

From Los Angeles Times

Wyoming bought gold in December, inspired by a new law requiring precious metals purchases, now valued at about $11.6 million.

From The Wall Street Journal

But, as Tate Britain’s concurrent “Turner and Constable” exhibition shows, Romantic nature was passionate and unstable, and all the more precious for being unknowable.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hyperliquid listed gold and silver perpetual contracts recently, just as those precious metals experienced unusual volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal