| Here character, diction and motive come together, and all the preciousness and self-flattery drop away. |
| The large show presents a flock of sexy, edgy, beautifully painted dolls, not one of which sinks into preciousness. |
| How can we make sense of such drastic variations of a subaltern woman's identity with the invaluable preciousness of a human life at stake? |
| Such eye-rolling preciousness appears often enough to make the record a maddening listen. |
| The invaluableness, the very fragility and fleetingness and incalculable preciousness of life! |
| Life needs to be valued for itself based on concepts like the preciousness of life. |
