CHERISHED in a Sentence

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I looked on my cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; they lay stark, chill, livid corpses that could never revive.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHERISHED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cherished
 a.  deeply loved or highly valued
Classic Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
1  Beth cherished them all the more tenderly for that very reason, and set up a hospital for infirm dolls.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
2  She had cherished her anger till it grew strong and took possession of her, as evil thoughts and feelings always do unless cast out at once.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
3  "Now, my dear people," continued Jo earnestly, "just understand that this isn't a new idea of mine, but a long cherished plan."
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
4  I looked on my cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; they lay stark, chill, livid corpses that could never revive.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
5  She still cherished a very tender affection for Bingley.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 40
6  But he found, in reply to this question, that Wickham still cherished the hope of more effectually making his fortune by marriage in some other country.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 52
7  The congratulatory letter which Elizabeth received from Lydia on her marriage, explained to her that, by his wife at least, if not by himself, such a hope was cherished.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 61
8  As the guest answered nothing, but took his seat, and looked thoroughly indifferent what sentiments she cherished concerning him, she turned and whispered an earnest appeal for liberty to her tormentor.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
9  I can hardly regard her in the light of a rational creature, so obstinately has she persisted in forming a fabulous notion of my character and acting on the false impressions she cherished.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  I cherished hope, it is true, but it vanished when I beheld my person reflected in water or my shadow in the moonshine, even as that frail image and that inconstant shade.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
11  Providence, in the person of this little girl, had assigned to Hester's charge, the germ and blossom of womanhood, to be cherished and developed amid a host of difficulties.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
12  Elinor saw, with concern, the excess of her sister's sensibility; but by Mrs. Dashwood it was valued and cherished.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
13  I had cherished a profound conviction that her bringing me up by hand gave her no right to bring me up by jerks.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
14  If the green and yellow growth of weed in the chinks of the old wall had been the most precious flowers that ever blew, it could not have been more cherished in my remembrance.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
15  He cherished a grudge against Madame Stahl for not making his acquaintance.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 34
Example Sentence:
1  In addition, she opposed government cutbacks in the name of austerity affecting Spain's cherished education and national health care programs.
2  The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.
3  Although I cherish my children, I do allow them their independence.
4  I understand you have called content, and you don't understand is that I cherish.
5  The president will cherish the memory of this visit to Ohio.
6  I will cherish the memory of working with you and wish you all the best, enjoy your new job and life.
7  Some regret only one person listen, I'm very sorry, I still cherish, everything.
8  One aspect of my marriage that I truly cherish is the way Darrell and I work together as a team.
9  Although my grandmother's china has little intrinsic value, I shall always cherish it for the memories it evokes.
10  All attempts to denigrate the character of our late president have failed; the people still love him and cherish his memory.