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Example sentences for: precious

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Why on earth would he give away precious information that might help Clinton wriggle free?
More recently, at a White House prayer breakfast, Clinton said he wanted to foster a "spirit of reconciliation" and quoted the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin to the effect that time is precious and should not be wasted on acrimony and division.
Adding up all these precious seconds and a few other minor costs over the life of the car, the economists concluded that the total cost of using seat belts exceeds the benefits by some $1,193.
We don't wish to seem like what our colleague David Plotz refers to as "Turnout Bores," but it really is a pity if you missed the chance to exercise that precious gift of democracy, your right to vote, Tuesday.
So before the next time one of these language elitists rolls up into a 7-11 and talks trash about the Indian guy behind the counter speaking broken English, he should instead thank the Indian guy because his precious English language was "invented" by the Indians' ancestors.