cherish
verb (used with object)
to hold or treat as dear; feel love for.
cherishable
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a word derived from
cherish.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Berry’s fictional world is flawed, hard and deeply cherishable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Instead, religious practice could be seen as valuable and even cherishable, once it is understood to be a natural human quest for meaning.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
He wanted to read books that he could open at any page and find a sentence – “a totality, an omnitude, unto itself” – that gave him something illuminating and cherishable all on its own.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2018
A telling, cherishable moment occurs in the second act when Amanda, standing on a settee, strikes an airy, fashion-model pose and then topples onto her bum.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2011
What though I suffer? are these wintry years Of growing desolation to be held As cherishable as the suns of spring?
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Robert Bridges
