Sentence examples for precious by from inspiring English sources

The picture looks more precious by the day.

The objects are banal but they are made precious by those who died.

It would all feel too precious by half as a new development.

His combined audacity and self-awareness make rivals like Damien Hirst and Matthew Barney seem fidgety and precious by comparison.

Unlike that of diamonds made precious by an economic cartel that limits their flow, caviar's rarity is not artificial.

With employer-provided pensions going the way of the typewriter and pay telephones, the income from Social Security is becoming more precious by the day.

Double Domino is by Stormy Atlantic out of Precious Queenie, by Wild Zone.

While most companies comply, a few waste precious time by dragging their feet or by refusing to issue a recall.

Precious little, by all accounts.

PRECIOUS BLOOD By Jonathan Hayes 383 pages.

Bright, Precious Days by Jay McInerney (Bloomsbury, £18.99).