Sentence examples for hardly precious from inspiring English sources
On this side of the Atlantic amber is something of an also-ran, often classed as a "semiprecious stone"–which is to say, hardly precious at all along with such toss-ins as tiger's-eye and peridot.
Although they have a roster of friends in the art and social worlds, the boys became increasingly drawn to an old gentleman's farm they owned in a remote part of the Berkshires, with nicked plaster walls and vintage but hardly precious-looking furniture.
Jasper: This hardly-precious stone will protect you from other people's negativity but will do nothing to resolve your own internal well of negativity.
This is why the very good but hardly extraordinary movie Precious, supported loudly and proudly in the US by media moguls Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, will not only (quite rightly) get a best picture nomination but propel the previously unknown Sidibe into the best actress race.
PARIS — Victory was precious but hardly painless for Kimiko Date Krumm on Tuesday at the French Open.
"On paper it hardly appeals to that precious male filmgoer that we are so eager to include," says Haynes.
The admirable BBC radio presenter Peter Allen described it as a 'Marmite' sport, either loved or hated, and although I gently point out that his own precious golf is hardly 'milk chocolate', and adored by all, he makes a fair point.
They were hardly ever eaten as they were too precious and were often passed from hostess to hostess to use as decoration until they rotted.
As those precious seconds tick by, there is hardly time to comparison-shop on other Web sites.
However, this mode restricts you to two colours, it requires 20K of precious RAM (which means there is hardly any room for the program) and a normal TV receiver can't display it properly anyway.
