How to Use precious in a Sentence

precious

adjective
  • They were able to be together for only a few precious hours.
  • We can save precious time by taking this shortcut.
  • How is this not a precious win?
    — Devonne Goode, Parents, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Adore is so very precious to me.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • For many of us, time is precious.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 May 2026
  • Points are precious to this team.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • That’s why those years are so precious.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
  • And this has been proven to be precious few.
    — Glen Volk, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Here are eight ways to style your precious pieces from the vault.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2023
  • For the Mets, time is precious.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • And Aller adores his precious draft picks.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • And a few hands, like maybe two hands full of precious friends who love me.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • In the Olympics, there are precious few sure things.
    — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Being an aunt is such a precious role.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The smaller things in life are so much more precious.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The smaller things in life are so much more precious.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The smaller things in life are so much more precious.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • The smaller things in life are so much more precious.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • The smaller things in life are so much more precious.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • Those moments might be the most precious of all.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Times like these remind us how precious life is.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The precious thing here is the work itself.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And in a broken world this is precious.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
  • And in a broken world this is precious.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
  • But every one of them is precious.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • And the adults around this precious girl have done a number on her.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 July 2023
  • Hanging plants free up precious floor space.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Clients give us their most precious asset, their time, to be here.
    — Rachel Ingram, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These are precious portions of your body.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The rings and pendants are set in gold and adorned with precious stones.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 27 May 2026

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