dearer

Example Sentences

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"We bring our children and teenagers alongside us so they can see military training, and whenever our leader, dearer than our lives, gives the command, we will all come to the field," she told AFP.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

"The further down towards Enniskillen you go, the dearer it's getting - the cheapest I saw was £1.64," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“The freedom I had before the money was paid was dearer to me,” Ms. Jacobs wrote.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023

“She will be dearer than my children because she will keep the memory alive of her father, mother and siblings.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

And I clasped my arms closer round Helen; she seemed dearer to me than ever; I felt as if I could not let her go; I lay with my face hidden on her neck.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë