'precious' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'precious' with 20 example sentences.
- precious adjective
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: characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
: of high worth or cost
: held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature
: obviously contrived to charm
- precious adverb
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: very
Gold is a precious metal.
We're wasting precious time.
Every language is equally precious and dear to its speakers.
Water is more precious than oil here.
Language death is loss of precious scientific data.
Time is more precious than anything else.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
Perry obtained precious information from him.
There is no treasure more precious than a child.
The cathedral contained many precious artworks.
You can't destroy the precious bond between mother and child.
These books are very precious to us.
Thanksgiving is a precious family time.
Nothing is as precious as friendship.
Oil is more precious than human life to you, right?
The diamond is a precious stone.
The savage robbed me of my precious jewels and ran away.
A kiss is one of life's most precious gifts.
A mine is where you find precious minerals.
The one resource more precious than any other was land.