sentimental value
noun
: importance to someone because of a connection with a happy time of life, a special person, etc.
The picture has sentimental value for me.
Examples of sentimental value in a Sentence
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Golden State Warriors Finishing his career with the Warriors would mean more than just sentimental value.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
Each piece in the exhibition holds significance and sentimental value to the model.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 15 June 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
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
Tacna and Arica, with their 42,000 inhabitants and lack of natural resources, have had little more than a sentimental value.
—Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
A lot of the art Lovato has inked on her body has sentimental value.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
However, the state holds sentimental value to Biden, who represented Delaware in the Senate for 36 years.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024
It is also speckled with sentimental value — much of which is linked to Howard’s grandmother.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
Each piece in the exhibition holds significance and sentimental value to the model.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 15 June 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
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
Tacna and Arica, with their 42,000 inhabitants and lack of natural resources, have had little more than a sentimental value.
—Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
A lot of the art Lovato has inked on her body has sentimental value.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
However, the state holds sentimental value to Biden, who represented Delaware in the Senate for 36 years.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024
It is also speckled with sentimental value — much of which is linked to Howard’s grandmother.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Sentimental value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentimental%20value. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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