cherish
verb (used with object)
to hold or treat as dear; feel love for.
was cherishing
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past progressiveof cherish.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She said she had time to read books, talk to her family and she was cherishing a different life to a city career.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024
The boy was cherishing great anger in his heart against Halfvorson.
From Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf
How break in upon the dream she was cherishing, and rudely force upon her the need for action?
From The Story of Silk by Hattie Longstreet Price
During the time that De Willows was cherishing an increasing affection for Madeline, the youthful Edeliza, now in the sixteenth year, was in a situation more distressing.
From Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 by Elizabeth Bonhote
Even Giles was grown, though he did not like to be told so, and was cherishing the down on his chin.
From The Armourer's Prentices by W.J. Hennessy
