cherish
verb (used with object)
to hold or treat as dear; feel love for.
were 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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The Labour MP said both her and her daughter were doing well and they were cherishing their time together as a family at home.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2023
To understand what a forlorn hope the little boat-load of men were cherishing, we must understand what were the defences of the "Albemarle."
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson
Grant and I and our two children had colds, already a month old, which the fog and dampness were cherishing lovingly.
From Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Vogel
But at the very moment when they were cherishing these rosy hopes, there was much weakness in the Russian armies.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by James Edward Parrott
But if the fates were now more than ever fostering an unnatural enmity between the sons of old Ewan they were cherishing at the same time the loves of their children.
From The Deemster by Sir Hall Caine
