Sentence examples for were prized for having from inspiring English sources

Women were prized for having strong teeth, the better to crimp dried sealskins into ­mukluks.

"They were prized for the knowledge they had in their hands".

Jade has been prized for thousands of years, and has been traded for nearly as long.

Wool has been prized for its warmth and durability for thousands of years, but only in the last decade have manufacturers addressed a major shortcoming: inherent, even maddening itchiness.

And while mass-market paperbacks have always been prized for their cheapness and disposability, something even more convenient has come along: the e-book.

Italian glass has been prized for its magical transparency since Roman times, until the 20th century.

One of the things Earl Sweatshirt had been prized for as a rapper was his extreme imagery, bordering on vile.

The reason is increased demand in China and Thailand where ivory has been prized for centuries and more people can now afford to buy it.

Ellen Gallagher has been prized for finessing that gap with paintings that combine grid-based abstraction and signifiers of race and racism.

Hard-working, reliable, docile, it has been prized for centuries in the parched and barren northeast of Brazil as both beast of burden and loyal companion.

There is very little commercial hunting of gray seals because there is almost no market for them, in contrast to baby harp seals, which have been prized for their fur (although that market is drying up).