Sentence examples for precious appearance from inspiring English sources

What finally appears is a "casket of precious appearance containing twigs.

So it always was". He then rings the waiter, who brings "by degrees some fifty adjuncts to that refreshment, but of tea not a glimpse". What finally appears is a "casket of precious appearance containing twigs.

The waiter accordingly produces "a casket of precious appearance containing twigs".

The equestrian take on the 'onesie' is positively precious in appearance, yet it serves an extremely practical purpose for its wearer.

This is when a candidate's time is most precious, and appearances normally are carefully chosen for where they can do most good.

But Bernard Doyle, Bernadette's husband, overrules his sisters-in-law by insisting that his younger sons are entitled to the precious family artifact, appearances notwithstanding.

A series of keys becomes heavy, precious, strangely Elizabethan in appearance.

Harris then coats the dry meat in a translucent porcelain glaze which gives the maidens' legs the appearance of semi-precious stone or varnished wood.

The headpieces range from traditional to avant-garde in appearance, some rendered delicately with precious metal, while others are made with the help of 3D printers.

The battery is durable and the appearance is good, with the most precious Chinese chip!

Now I can see Keeping Up Appearances for what it was: a precious jewel in the fading crown of the British sitcom.