prize
noun
a reward for victory or superiority, as in a contest or competition.
had prized
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past perfectof prize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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That must have been the hardest decision Dean ever made, for he had prized loyalty all of his life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Detroit had prized this buried talent at something like $500,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Met had picked it because it demonstrated some of the esthetic qualities the Greeks had prized most highly: the Amazon was dead calm, despite her wounds, and a fine-tuned example of physical fitness.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had prized it from the fingers of a captain in the West Kents lying in a ditch outside—outside where?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Treasure comes in many forms, and Captain Kidd had prized them all.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
