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
Athletics is a resilient sport and there have been cherishable moments in the opening days of these world championships, as there always are on such occasions.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 30, 2019
Beautifying asphalt would seem to be no cinch, but the naked quiddity of the stuff, after a third or fourth look, turns cherishable.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016
Could that cherishable farce “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” possibly be more daft and befuddling than Shakespeare made it, with romances spawned, crossed and erased in the blink of an enchanted eye?
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2014
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 Bridges, Robert
