cherished
Example Sentences
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“Dolly was a cherished friend of the Madonna Inn,” the hotel said in the post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Parton became famous to a new generation not as a country singer or movie star but as “The Book Lady,” a designation she cherished.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Like many Emersonians, the elder Alcott was a vegetarian who cherished animal welfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"I won't stand by while these cherished local spaces disappear, replaced by boarded-up windows and 'For Sale' signs," he wrote.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
And here she was now, over those boulders and parched hills, with a home of her own, a husband of her own, heading toward one final, cherished province: Motherhood.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
