How To Use Precious In A Sentence

There's precious little on contemporary cinema screens that means a great deal to my life. Times, Sunday Times
Another category of vessels and flatware was distinguished by the use of precious stones or exotic materials, such as coral, mother-of-pearl, or coconut shell.
In mining for precious stones such as diamonds, a method for accurately filtering the gems you want from the surrounding rock and soil is worth its weight in gold.
Agates were apparently highly valued by the ancient Egyptians for their lapidary use and were mounted into gold with other precious stones such as lapis and emeralds.
Of course the bulk of those opulent knick-knacks manufactured for the Carolingian and Ottonian Emperors, and now to be seen at Aachen, are as beastly as anything else that is made simply to be precious. Art

If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered.
Rather than giving to those countries in most need, O'Neill said, ‘We have an obligation to plant our resources where they will yield growth, rather than squandering precious seeds in unfertile soil.’
Sometimes a merchant would stop by, looking for gemstones or precious metals that couldn't be found anywhere else.
In an age of change, unchangingness becomes more precious to people than we perhaps understand, even in ourselves. Times, Sunday Times
It gleams from the hues of the shell and the precious stone.
I'm a lazy good-for-nothing at heart, so I don't want to waste my precious leisure time paying bills.
Sarah's time was too precious to be rewashing clothes, and in an instant she decided to put them away for her.
Don't frown you most precious I can give you want.
The common employment of the designation carbuncle for a precious stone and also for a boil was usual from ancient times. Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious S
For a very long time ecclesiastics were the only keepers and users of documents and books, and for these precious materials they created special although rudimentary structures: the library, the archive, the scriptorium.
Embellished with cascades of semi-precious stones, crystal beads, dabka, and vivid skeins of fine silk thread, the focus here is on detailing and embroidery.
These immortal ideas, things barely perceptible are the most precious things of life.
Having experienced spells of acute water scarcity at periodic intervals, people do lament over the waste of the precious resource in such times.
Why do you love that precious hour weeding and planting pots? Times, Sunday Times
I get to do that now with my two children; before they came along, I sought to do that with the people who came to my church, who read my books, who listened to my music, who lent their precious and rare attention to what I had to say, even at a time when I was being called an outcast. God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu …
Today's pop quiz is in honor of an actress for whom I once had precious little respect and whose casting over any number of other performers got me feeling dischuffed to the point of, if not beyond, churlishness until one day I found myself inexplicably fond of her and ashamed of my earlier thuggish disrespect. Who Goes There - Pop Quiz
Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed.
Precious things are very few in this world. That is the reason there is just one you.
I am not to learne, that these accidents by thee related, may happen to fooles, who are voide of understanding or shame: but such as are wise, and endued with vertue, have alwayes such a precious esteeme of their honour, that they wil containe those principles of constancie, which men are meerely carelesse of, and I justifie my wife to be one of them. The Decameron
As for the future, Earle and Buckland hope to keep their company growing while staying true to what they call their precious recipe. Organic Beauty: Laura Katzenberg
Thick cotton padding embedded the precious vase in its box.
He is imbued with a quiet confidence, but he appreciates how precious that particular commodity is.
At seemingly every opportunity, Mr. Abadan has dedicated precious space toward that end. Transforming a City Campus
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
I then wandered down Whitehall, passed the great Offices of State, to view the Mother of Parliaments and ponder the fact that 70 years on Britain has a Government led by a Prime Minister never elected to that Office, who has refused to consult the People for fear they oppose him and happily transfered that once so precious prized sovereignty to a new European Superpower. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
The King is Dead is not a conventional scholarly monograph like those published by university presses and read by precious few. Times, Sunday Times
Here was a soft-pedalled, soft-grained performance, miraculous in its level of delicacy attained and avoidance of the precious. Times, Sunday Times
Today, bracelets are worn by both men and women in a variety of materials such as traditional precious metals like gold silver and platinum.
Of the third, S. Bernard saith: Three things there be that make the death of saints precious, rest of travail, joy of novelty, surety of perdurability. The Golden Legend, vol. 6
All the precious stones, except moonstone, opal and sphene, have at least the hardness of quartz, and can barely be scratched by metals, even by hard steel. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896
The authentic beaded doll had large gold neck rings, so we added strips of silver foil paper around the top and bottom of our cups with tacky craft glue to simulate precious metal.
In her current show, "Everything that Ever Existed Still Exists," Bird delicately -- even preciously -- petrifies images of infamous nuclear explosions in paint. Kimberly Brooks: Rebecca Bird Paints the Explosion
Their baggage mules transported not only the precious vases, but even the fragile vessels of crystal and murra, which last is almost proved, by the learned French translator of Seneca, (tom.iii. p. 402-422,) to mean the porcelain of China and History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
Wisdom is more precious than wealth.
Not the prettiest points the leaders have won, but in adversity they were precious. Times, Sunday Times
The term garland was also technically used to signify a crown of precious metal, often adorned with gems, made for the arrangement of natural or artificial flowers before the altar or sacred image at festival times. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
Carefully I covered my rock cisterns with flat stones so that the sun's rays might not evaporate the precious fluid and in precaution against some upspringing of wind in the night and the sudden flying of spray. Chapter 19
Human documents belong to humankind: hence his rage against obstructive archivists who dare refuse access to precious materials which have fallen to their care.
It crackles with energy and time is precious. Times, Sunday Times
And when they be nigh him with the cross, then he doth adown his galiot that sits on his head in manner of a chaplet, that is made of gold and precious stones and great pearls, and it is so rich, that men prize it to the value of The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Above the centre gateway, between the noble wings of the propyla which flank it, is a representative emblem of Osiris, in the shape of a splendid shield of the sun, a half-sphere of gold, from which extend wings for many yards, each feather glittering with precious stones. The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage
Ready availability being the most precious of Prohibition virtues, gin was lifted above the historical pedigree that led Willa Cather to call it “the consolation of sailors and inebriate scrub-women.” LAST CALL
If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered.
Alex would do his duty and fuss at her behavior, because that is what a father has to do to prepare his precious darling for the wide world.
The learned Sanskritist, H.H. Wilson, quotes the name Pippilika = ant-gold, given by the people of Little Thibet to the precious dust thrown up in the emmet heaps. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
This is an attractive and fascinating shop where one can visit the restaurant or just browse through shelves of semi-precious rocks and stones imported from all parts of the world.
In a precious reliquary is preserved a lacrimatory in which, according to a pious legend, Nicodemus collected some drops of the Blood of Christ. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
So far there has been precious little questioning of this long-term debasement of the world's biggest currency. David McWilliams: The Dollar's Denial
Bushmen in his employ, they came to a deep water-hole, where the precious fluid, though "brak" (alkaline) and stagnant, was still plentiful and drinkable, and within working distance of which the newly-discovered "fields" were located. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa
It's hard to say more without giving away the precious kernels of the plot.
I lead a very busy life, so spare time is a very precious commodity to me.
But semi-precious stones are - hold the front page - having a moment. Times, Sunday Times
Their haul included golden crowns, precious chalices, tabots, altar slabs, beautiful processional crosses, dozens of fine manuscripts and his hair.
The crown was set with precious jewels-diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
There has been precious little international protest about all this; UNESCO remains curiously quiet.
Otherwise, aside from buying bullion itself, exchange traded commodities are the most direct route into the precious metal. Times, Sunday Times
Is it permissible to wear cufflinks with a precious stone in the daytime, I would call across the office. Times, Sunday Times
Throughout the pavilion, the most costly materials were used: precious wood veneers and lacquer for furniture, silk damasks and velvets for upholstery, furs for coverlets and throws.
And yes, Endicott is a precious resource as well, I didn't mean to demean it when I said SurLaLune was the best. Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
Likewise, the disorganization of relief operations is a waste of precious resources.
When it comes to things as precious as the nightingale's song, you need to watch this lot like a hawk. Times, Sunday Times
If we don't squander this precious space on parking, we could do all manner of interesting things on this site, which could be linked through foot and cycle tracks to the rest of Trowbridge.
The Jewelry Design courses teach students to work with precious and semiprecious stones, cast jewelry with the lost-wax method, make rubber molds, use electroforming and enameling, set stones, and repair jewelry. You’re Certifiable
I now write for this magazine regularly, and this month being the patronal month of the Precious Blood, I was able to research and write about that, and the tradition of the Holy Grail, and Joseph of Arimithea...go on, get a copy. Archive 2008-07-01
Supposing Blair is correct, and parents do espy special, precious things that childless adults never can, it would still be reassuring to know that these are not outweighed by the associated burdens of exhaustion, continual interruption and prime ministerial anxiety about how to blag a first-class education without going private. Surely Dave and Nick have got better things to do? | Catherine Bennett
He had nothing to tell them regarding the preciousness of water and the apportionment of supplies... given they were in their sane minds. HAMMERFALL
Bilberry has been used as food for centuries due to its high nutritive value, and today represents a precious wild delicacy.
Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed.
Beautifully arranged strands of semi-precious stones, earrings and pearls beckon them to take a second look.
That's because once the balls stop bouncing, the mouths start blabbering, providing precious grist for the league's rumor mill.
Is it permissible to wear cufflinks with a precious stone in the daytime, I would call across the office. Times, Sunday Times
A wonderful, joyous mouth that could laugh and grin and smile in a hundred expressions of precious, life-giving mirth.
The depictions of birds and flowers were executed in precious materials including lapis lazuli, agate, Sicilian red and green jasper, chalcedony, amethyst and quartz as well as superb hard stones.
His precious remains rest quietly in the fresh made grave; his immortal spirit has winged its flight to the mansions of the blessed, for blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them. A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren
And tho’ I helped make many a parchment from the chosen lambs, I did all my writing practice in my wax tablet, for parchment is far too precious for aught but the practised scribe.
I had, in effect, convinced her that television was a precious commodity.
What if it's all fluffy white clouds and precious thoughts from here on out?
She has precious little to be cheerful about.
He gestured to me to push my way up to the front and then pressed a precious boarding pass into my hand.
If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered.
Ornaments and utensils in precious metals, bronze, bone and horn had also been uncovered.
The director said that the casual attitude of visitors had already cost the garden a lot of damage. " Many indulge in disfiguring trees and even steal precious plants.
And it had better alleviate the situations of Hyde and my niece or you will all three have been wasting my precious time! THE LAST RAVEN
One of our culture's most precious musical treasures is the large body of African American spirituals.
If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered.
I have come into villages where, had we acted a domineering part, and rummaged every hut, we should have found nothing; but by sitting down quietly, and waiting with patience until the villagers were led to form a favorable opinion of us, a woman would bring out a shellful of the precious fluid from I know not where. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Well may that land be called delectable and a fructuous land, that was be-bled and moisted with the precious blood of our The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Time And health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. Denis Waitley
As the oil slick from the recent offshore oil rig disaster makes its way to Gulf Coast shores - expected to devastate the precious ecosystem and hurt struggling businesses - the seeds of political fallout for the Obama administration are beginning to sprout. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Monday, May 3, 2010
Having slowly ingurgitated and meditated upon this precious draught, and turned its flavour over and over with an aspect of potent Judicial wisdom Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 2
The immediacy of his communicative performance made up more than enough for the occasional flat notes of which there were precious few in any case.
Often by those I ignore, only in lost just know that is the most precious.
With the family space more precious than ever, Beth began a decade-long design process that melds a simple, well-composed look with ingenious storage and space-saving ideas.
On merchant ships the sailors work largely in darkness below decks because oil is a precious thing.
The second diver was transfixed with horror, giving Kolchinsky those precious few seconds to rearm himself. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
Wine room No longer just a musty old cellar, now you need a bespoke room to show off your precious collection. Times, Sunday Times
The precious place of the nude was bolstered by the economics of the art market in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
I regarded _tragic_ knowledge as the most beautiful luxury of our culture, as its most precious, most noble, most dangerous kind of prodigality; but, nevertheless, in view of its overflowing wealth, as a justifiable _luxury_. The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms.
They seemed to be made of solid stone, but were inlaid with precious red and purple stones that formed arcane and twisted designs.
Discipline, long-term dedication, and unswerving loyalty are precious commodities.
Most antimalaria commodities are currently produced outside of Africa, and when the ships that transport nets, medicines and other essential health products arrive in African ports, their cargoes are often subjected to taxes and tariffs that absorb precious funds, reducing the volume of health goods that can be purchased and creating delays in distribution. Free Trade and the Fight Against Malaria
Shaped by one of the few men to be trusted with the last precious piece of bona fide linksland in Scotland, it is truly beautiful.
It can be any precious stone, such as turquoise or coral - not ordinary ones you would find on the ground.
A quick twist took Agia out of her pavonine gown; it lay about her brown, dusty feet like a heap of precious stones. The Shadow of the Torturer
Widow Precious had plenty of sharp sense to tell her that her children were by no means “pretty dears” to anybody but herself, and to herself only when in a very soft state of mind; at other times they were but three gew-mouthed lasses, and two looby loons with teeth enough for crunching up the dripping-pan. Mary Anerley
The background is an intricately marbleized cascade of diaphanous, sea-foam-green skeins over cerulean blue, a surface more precious and less labored than usual.
Her family's support is particularly precious to Josie.
But United pay his weekly wages so Keane is careful not to tread on the precious egos of anybody still at the club.
And it had better alleviate the situations of Hyde and my niece or you will all three have been wasting my precious time! THE LAST RAVEN
I hope it does because next Sunday is the Whitsun collection for the Curate and I don't want to lose any of those precious takings. GOODBYE CURATE
The main uses of garnets are for abrasives and grinding materials; they also provide semi-precious gemstones such as rhodolite, demantoid, and grossular.
Our most precious heritage, our English language, is also suffering.
The gneiss of the littoral chain* contains traces of the precious metals (* In the southern branch of this chain which passes by Yusma, Villa de Cura and Ocumare, particularly near Buria, Los Teques and Los Marietas.); and some grains of gold have been found in the mountains of Parima, near the mission of Encaramada. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
As the precious cultural legacy left by salt workers in south Sichuan and the result of collective intelligence, salt workers' work song has showed the laborers' feelings and aesthetic taste.
Do you know, my precious Rodya, I think that perhaps for some reasons (nothing to do with Pyotr Petrovitch though, simply for my own personal, perhaps old-womanish, fancies) I should do better to go on living by myself, apart, than with them, after the wedding. Chapter III. Part I
To the broody hen the notion would probably seem monstrous that there should be a creature in the world to whom a nestful of eggs was not the utterly fascinating and precious and never-to-be-too-much-sat-upon object which it is to her. On Scientific Explorations of Human Nature
The only difference is that most of them are now grandmothers like myself and we are usually to be seen with our precious grandchildren in tow.
We are very far from understanding all the secret resources of nature; but I do not think the spontaneous formation of the crystals, which we call precious stones, one of the most difficult phenomena to comprehend. Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments
Water is becoming an increasingly precious resource.
The big chair creaked delightsomely to the ears of Elly Precious. Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings
The 516 samples were also examined for their base or precious metals potential, with 213 of the samples containing at least one gold grain and 31 samples containing one or more grains of sperrylite, a platinum-bearing mineral that is often associated with rocks containing significant amounts of platinum, palladium and nickel. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
And heaven forbid we should think of our own interests in abundant supply instead of coddling the precious young lawyers! Matthew Yglesias » Too Many Lawyers, But Also Too Many Cartels
I saw her gazing earnestly at her brother's portrait and all the precious little objects consecrated to his memory, which I had arranged by my benitier and crucifix, but I did not expect her firs exclamation, when our woman had left us: 'Ah! Madame, how happy you are!' Stray Pearls
Yes, zany classicalism was our keynote this time; also snatched up like precious gems was Ralph Ellis' K2: Quest of the Gods y'see, Alexander the Great was looking for the Pyramid Treasure in the Himalayas and Felice Vinci's The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales, which title strikes me rather as a subtitle in search of a lurid phrase, but has the virtue of clarity. Kenneth Hite's Journal
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. John Milton
It is a precious boon to be rid of such an unnatural and ominous belief as that in the final disemboguing of the dead by sea and land, the tumbling of the rocks, the falling of the stars, and the everlasting torture of the condemned in a prison of fire. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man.
Their good missionaries, such as Misses Moore, Knapp, Voss and others whose names will ever be precious to our people, have given themselves to work among our women and girls. The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama Their Leaders and Their Work
My lucky flower is violet, and the permanent precious stone in my life is purple crystal!
Precious few people can afford those prices.
A diluted apple juice addiction that soothed them as soon as they gripped the handles As they got older, they moved on to the juice box -- six ounces of fruit-flavored heroin housed in a plastic coated box complete with precious straw. Wendy Sachs: Snack Food Nation: How Kids Are Conditioned to Snack
Like Nestor, who preaches about the fine fellows he remembered in his youth, Lepidus (although barely yet in his grand climacteric!) will depicture, with moving eloquence, the numerous precious volumes of far-famed collectors, which he has seen, like Macbeth's witches, Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance
Precious little has been heard from the 'unpeople' - including women, children and the elderly - who have been on the receiving end of such killing power.
I like to use pianos and strings and brass as I feel that they are the most precious instruments to use.
He informed Heemskerk of the arrival in the straits of Malacca of an immense Lisbon carrack, laden with pearls and spices, brocades and precious-stones, on its way to Europe, and suggested an attack. PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete
You are loafing away your precious time!
They were stunned; they'd never thought their precious boy could harm a fly, let alone choke another person.
As Bethany's warnings continue to prove accurate beyond fluke and she begins to offer scientifically precise hints of a final, world-altering cataclysm, Gabrielle is confronted with a series of devastating choices in a world in which belief has become as precious - and as murderousas life itself. The Rapture by Liz Jensen: Book summary
Qat, or catha edulis, has become the national pastime in this poor Arab country of 19 million, but one many experts say is ravaging Yemen's frail economy and sucking up precious water.
The fairy pitta is one of the most precious birds in Linnei Township and is listed as a critically endangered species.
Later, elaborate designs were carved on precious wood, ivory and metals, including silver and brass, and inlaid with gold and silver wire, and they became votive objects of veneration for devotees.
But in the midst of this relentless repression, there were rare, precious gems of resistance gleaming out from the melancholy.
(According to the 9/11 Commission Report published last month, an in-ternal agency analysis was titled "Khalid Shaykh Mohammed's Threat Reporting -- Precious Truths Surrounded by a Bodyguard of Lies.") Al Qaeda's 'Pre-Election' Plot
Salt is not a precious metal. Times, Sunday Times
I have used precious and semi-precious stones in pendants, rings and bracelets.
It's hard to imagine like-minded orchestral songsmiths Elliott Smith or Eric Matthews indulging themselves in the palpable sense of fun here without resorting to insufferable preciousness.
All he could do was stand in the rubble of his precious memories, and forlornly point out random spots now cluttered with cranes and building supplies.
I laid the precious stratum, _super stratum_ upon the two former, and other deposits of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832
To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world. Anthony Burgess
Such a laboratory offered very attractive facilities and precious inbred guinea pig strains essential to my work in immunogenetics. Baruj Benacerraf - Autobiography
The most precious asset is confidence in both horse and rider.
Italians still call 'niello' work, or the enamelling of designs upon precious metals. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome
Busy Lizzy bustles about like a diligent char, or so you might assume until you have to remove it from a well-entrenched situation in a precious flower-bed.
Trust among the local population is the most precious commodity in any counterinsurgency. Times, Sunday Times
The dog ludicrously albeit lovingly christened Precious Baby by Ted's late wife and resolutely called PB by Ted himself - hesitated at the doorway and blinked out at the street, where the autumn rain was falling in the sort of steady waves that presaged alengthy and bone-chilling storm. A Traitor to Memory
It won't tell us what to pack for the hospital, but it will help us recenter ourselves when we're about to blow our gasket at that precious child who keeps sassing you. Book Review: Feminist Mothering edited by Andrea O’Reilly
Our goldens would have had a blast... and loved meeting that precious bouvier bernois puppy... French Word-A-Day:
A number of our precious readers wrote in saying they didn't believe it was him.
precious things are very few in this world. that is the reason there is just one you.
The sheer volume of insignia required for public services means that insignia can be given only the appearance of precious metals.
Some composites such as precious opal protected between layers of quartz or glass are sold as such.
Others made from precious gems appear lighter.
She talks about nothing except her precious car!
The precious little darlings soon become ungrateful little brats when they discover that Santa was on a budget and couldn't afford the most expensive toy in the universe.
I've never known you t 'be so solicitous o' my 'ealth or anyone else's exceptin' your precious own. A Corridor in the Asylum
For everyone energy is limited, a precious commodity.
Instead, there appears to be a headlong rush to commit precious resources in a manner that could lead to disappointment and waste.
It's materials include red velvet, cloth of silver and cloth of gold, semi-precious stones and brass crocketing. Details: AWN Pugin's Wiseman Mitre
A few hardy anglers on the Perthshire water will be in search of a precious early-season springer.
FN#509] One of them was sitting in the court of justice of the kazi's embrace; the second was the precious gem of the bazaar-master's diadem of compliance; and the third was the beazle and ornament of the signet-ring of the life and soul of the superintendent of police. Arabian nights. English
Fear not, precious readers, soil treatment and conditioning is underway. Two Things
The invention provides a precious metal magnetic component for a homemade magnetic therapy jewelry system; a magnetic part is arranged in the component, and precious metal is wrapped on the outside.
Livermore identified with the slave mother and defended her actions when she wrote, ‘Ay, my hand could ope the casket, and thy precious soul set free: Better for thee death in Heaven, than a life of slavery!’
At last he, with a low courtesy, put on her medical finger a pretty handsome golden ring, whereinto was right artificially enchased a precious toadstone of Beausse. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Sugar was considered a precious commodity.
There, He washed you with his own precious blood, clotured you with the spotless robe of innocence, adorned you with the gifts of grace, and adopted you as his own child. The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus
And whan thei ben nyghe him, with the cros, thanne he dothe a down his galaothe, that syt upon his hede, in manere of a chapelet, that is made of gold and preciouse stone and grete perles. The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Carts pulled by tough lean zebu (the local cattle) or by equally tough and lean humans haul their most precious commodity, water, which is in such short supply that people bathe and wash clothes on the roads whenever it rains. Valerie Tarico: Man Against Nature is Man Against Man
Shall I then shower you with wondrous remnants of scent from field and forest, and warm you ever so slowly, until you give up your magical elixir, as precious as life itself?
Diamonds and precious gems littered the ground like pebbles.
Paying attention to the home front can produce precious property value appreciation.
Over his shoulders, clasped at the neck with a large gold-and-precious-stone buckle of the same mysterious form as the hieroglyphic crest at the head of the Programs, he wore a wonderful burnouse of white and gold fleece, the gold predominating over the white, and flashing fiercely, gorgeously in the sun. The Mark of the Beast
What has gone is that beautiful period;which remains is the precious friendship between us.
I lead a very busy life, so spare time is a very precious commodity to me.
Awareness is the most precious commodity that exists in any culture.
The second diver was transfixed with horror, giving Kolchinsky those precious few seconds to rearm himself. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
She is so precious that she has an armed bodyguard at all times. The Sun
The country is also blessed with plenty of precious minerals such as diamonds, gold, emeralds, amethyst which are all waiting to be exploited.
For everyone energy is limited, a precious commodity.
Perhaps, if we could penetrate Nature's secrets, we should find that what we call weeds are more essential to the well-being of the world than the most precious fruit or grain. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866
Agates, the gold standard of marbles (called aggies), came in a rainbow of subtle colors with overlaying colored patterns that made them look like beautiful, semi-precious stones.
Disregarding etiquette, I hoe in with my fingers to ensure that none of the precious flesh is wasted.
Miners of the precious metal followed suit. Times, Sunday Times
Now I have absolutely nothing to do with crystals, gems and precious stones whatsoever: my thing is fire magic at new moon.

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