CHERISH in a Sentence

Learn CHERISH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

81 example sentences for CHERISH, such as:

1. Love and cherish your sisters.
2. The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.
3. But I was not willing to cherish this determination alone.
4. The president will cherish the memory of this visit to Ohio.
5. Although I cherish my children, I do allow them their independence.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of CHERISH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cherish
 v.  harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
Classic Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
1  I realize you still cherish the memory of the godlike and wooden- headed Mr. Wilkes, who's probably been in his grave these six months.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
2  Love and cherish your sisters.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
3  If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
4  This is the reason why most dyspeptic religionists cherish such melancholy notions about their hereafters.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan.
5  Why it is that all Merchant-seamen, and also all Pirates and Man-of-War's men, and Slave-ship sailors, cherish such a scornful feeling towards Whale-ships; this is a question it would be hard to answer.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
6  The mother sank under the blow, and fell, grasping at her child, in death, with the same engrossing love that had caused her to cherish it when living.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
7  But I was not willing to cherish this determination alone.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  It is our right to cherish suspicion, although suspicion directed above ourselves is an abuse.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
9  She began to cherish hope, with all her might, without knowing why.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—DAWN
10  This bourgeois appeared to cherish a special admiration for the swans.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
11  Well, then," said Felton, "I will tell you what you were doing, or rather what you meant to do; you were going to complete the fatal project you cherish in your mind.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 55 CAPTIVITY: THE FOURTH DAY
12  Then, madame," said the abbess, smiling, "be reassured; the house in which you are shall not be a very hard prison, and we will do all in our power to make you cherish your captivity.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 61 THE CARMELITE CONVENT AT BETHUNE
13  And further, I consider that a prince ought to cherish the nobles, but not so as to make himself hated by the people.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HA...
14  I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I.
15  My whole soul was so bent upon reaching Hampton that I did not have time to cherish any bitterness toward the hotel-keeper.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
Example Sentence:
1  Although I cherish my children, I do allow them their independence.
2  I understand you have called content, and you don't understand is that I cherish.
3  The president will cherish the memory of this visit to Ohio.
4  I will cherish the memory of working with you and wish you all the best, enjoy your new job and life.
5  Some regret only one person listen, I'm very sorry, I still cherish, everything.
6  One aspect of my marriage that I truly cherish is the way Darrell and I work together as a team.
7  Although my grandmother's china has little intrinsic value, I shall always cherish it for the memories it evokes.
8  All attempts to denigrate the character of our late president have failed; the people still love him and cherish his memory.
9  In addition, she opposed government cutbacks in the name of austerity affecting Spain's cherished education and national health care programs.
10  The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.