How to Use sentimental value in a Sentence

sentimental value

noun
  • What about the things that don’t spark joy, per se, but do have some sentimental value?
    — Whizy Kim, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
  • My wife knew that there was a lot more sentimental value to those shorts than clothing need.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 26 July 2023
  • To her dismay, no one in the street threw themselves on the thief to save her purse, which had enormous sentimental value.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 29 June 2023
  • On that note, what object in the house has some extra sentimental value to it?
    — Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2024
  • A lot of the art Lovato has inked on her body has sentimental value.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • The magazine holds sentimental value for Kloss, who is not the run-of-the-mill publisher.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Andor is as good but doesn’t have the sentimental value.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • When looking back at his own works, the most stand-out project has a different kind of sentimental value.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Each of the three granite pillars was taken from a place in Boston that had sentimental value for the person who died.
    — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Books that held sentimental value, but never to be read again.
    — Alex Milmeyster, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • One of Salman's flags — with sentimental value, tasseled and made of silk in Palestine — was snatched by someone driving by on a turn lane.
    — Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Those are the things that have sentimental value and are a lot more easily stored than an entire uniform.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • What object in your house has some extra sentimental value to it?
    — Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2024
  • Is there an object in your house that has extra sentimental value?
    — Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Their parents may die, leaving behind a house full of items that hold sentimental value.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
  • Some pieces have personal, sentimental value; others are a part of someone else’s history and have found new life in the Hikes Point home.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Some have backstories and some have sentimental value to the cast members, so that was exciting.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Holding on to things that have sentimental value or could be useful in the future is a natural part of growing older.
    — Mary E. Dozier, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
  • It is also speckled with sentimental value — much of which is linked to Howard’s grandmother.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Most likely, the robbers who took Max from Ahmed realized that his sentimental value was more than his market value and set him free.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • However, the city is worth more than that, in monetary value and for sentimental value for Alanna.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2024
  • My mom tends to keep anything with sentimental value: my baby clothes, toys, drawings, report cards, and yearbooks.
    — Sofía Aguilar, refinery29.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • My mum tends to keep anything with sentimental value: my baby clothes, toys, drawings, report cards, and yearbooks.
    — Sofía Aguilar, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Bringing back McCutchen, who hit 20 homers last season, does have more than sentimental value.
    — Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The shirts carry sentimental value to Kay — naming them Alexander, Marlow and Ncuti — after her husband, son and first client.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
  • This might seem like an easy question, but some of us might have items floating around that no longer work (like a musical jewelry box) that hold sentimental value far beyond its function.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The partnership celebrates style as a form of self-expression both on and off the court, and the way jewelry can elevate any look with its aesthetic and sentimental value.
    — Erin Lassner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Golden State Warriors Finishing his career with the Warriors would mean more than just sentimental value.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
  • The hardest items to part with are those that have sentimental value, particularly heirlooms.
    — Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Perhaps the watch has sentimental value; or perhaps Roman is, in his own, odd way, the least materialistic Roy after all.
    — Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2023

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