cherished
Example Sentences
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“They make me feel less alone,” says Grace, and she and Susanna can both quote from Plath’s “The Bell Jar,” a cherished touchstone of every sensitive adolescent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"You are like the wind at daybreak, you are like a cherished vision," he sings in a direct address to the horse, named Rovach.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Cases like Kelver’s expose key contradictions at the heart of our cherished rhetoric of armed self-defense.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
She immediately filed away the messy work-in-progress and began writing a fictional ode to a cherished friend, former publishing executive Jim Fox, to whom “Whistler” is dedicated.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
He cherished them like a little stash of gold in a corner of his mind.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
