treasure
noun
wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
was treasuring
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past progressiveof treasure.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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“Now that it was becoming rarer for him, he was treasuring those experiences.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Maybe hindsight has clouded my experience, but I do remember feeling like she was treasuring her time with him — that she knew he might not be around that much longer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2016
He was treasuring a ringlet of Marguerite's—although he doubted its genuineness, with a vague suspicion that it might be one of the latest wisps of fashion.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
Her dark eyes were for a moment serene because she was treasuring this moment of moonlight and the respite of love against the chances of to-morrow.
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Paul Stahr
There was no way of escape, and thus, as a memorial of Mr. Kelly's singular attachment to the best of Causes and of Queens, Miss Townley was treasuring the likeness of the incomparable Smilinda.
From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang
