Sentence examples for than precious from inspiring English sources

(They are considerably less expensive than precious metals because despite the names, they are found in much higher quantities and much greater concentrations than precious metal).

Sprouting branches and bits of dried plant, they appear pagan rather than precious.

From the start, paper produced different desires than precious metal, and these became, by cause or effect, America's desires.

A letter from around A.D. 156 describes the bones of St. Polycarp as "more valuable than precious stones and finer than refined gold".

Writing that invites this much attention, that so strives to concentrate our attention on its effects, has to achieve more than precious and overwrought evocation.

"The Reflections in the water were more beautiful than the sky itself, purple waves brighter than precious stones for ever melting away upon the sands.

The museum boasts more than 650,000 precious artifacts from more than 5,000 years of Chinese history.

"It's more than a precious stone.

It is a luxe rucksack, rather than a precious clutch or a courier-style cross-body bag.

The show at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in Stamford, Conn., will assemble more than 100 precious and historic ukuleles from private collections and set them in their social context.

What could be more enticing than that precious moment at a live performance when an audience and the musicians fall in love with each other?