treasurable

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She said the 100-page book "is like a faded souvenir, tatty but treasurable for its associations with the fabulous imaginary world that Márquez conjured up in his prime".

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2024

That life force comes through especially vividly in Whoopi Goldberg’s treasurable few scenes as Mamie’s supportive mother, Alma, and also in Hall’s boisterous performance as Emmett, presented here as the most gregarious of jokesters.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2022

The result is a how-to in advocacy politics, a study in the complexities of identity politics, and a chorale of treasurable voices.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021

No less treasurable was her performance as Bel in Pinter's Moonlight at the Almeida in 1993.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2011

Sometimes as I am falling asleep in a dark, quiet room I have for a moment a great and treasurable illusion of the past.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin