Sentence examples for seems precious from inspiring English sources

None of them seems precious.

Too soon this precision seems precious and fussy.

There seems precious little chance of this generally.

At its least convincing, it seems precious and slight, a transitional work by a genuine talent.

Time seems precious in these images, something to be filled up with activity, not wasted in reverie.

Downstairs, a picture of James Joyce is taped with Band-Aids to the bathroom door, with his last words: "Does nobody understand?" Somehow none of this seems precious.

From a distance the album can seem precious.

None of these objects seem precious or cute.

The place would seem precious if it weren't so easygoing.

Though at times the conceit can seem precious, the over-all effect is one of charm.

It was 1985, and a basketball scholarship still seemed precious enough to be beyond her grasp.