cherished

Example Sentences

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At the banquet this evening, he called the talks a "cherished" opportunity.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

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 he added that those two camps, once enemies during the American Revolution, “surely would be delighted that the wounds of war healed into the most cherished friendship.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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

Whose heavy breathing neither enrages nor disgusts, but amuses you like that of a cherished pet.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison