cherish
verb (used with object)
to hold or treat as dear; feel love for.
have been cherishing
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present perfect progressiveof cherish.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“We have been cherishing and enjoying Tinslee being home,” Lewis said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
But should the point of music ever to have been cherishing the memory of buying something?
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2012
I suppose I am hopelessly romantic and have been cherishing the idea of some day discovering further information about the little girl I rescued a number of years ago.
From The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest by Margaret Vandercook
I begin to perceive that I, as well as Flora, have been cherishing most mistaken and unsatisfactory aims.
From Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse by Anne Wales Abbot
If you have been cherishing any hope of winning Rex Lyon, abandon it at 129 once.
From Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love by Laura Jean Libbey
