She was precious in a blue dress, and wanted nothing to do with him.

Taking it at face value implied giving up all that had been most precious in his short life.

Every day is so precious in the life of a child, yet we forget this.

"Water must have been very precious in those days."

"They seemed to have come to realize that certain things are precious in life, not the least of which is family," she said.

Soon, the man offers the woman a cigarette and takes something far more precious from her in return.

These have become particularly precious in the light of his return to prison, for now there is only silence.

You and your child are precious in the eyes of God!

Discussion question: What is most precious to you in your life?

They're all so precious in the beginning and then they turn rotten.