How to Use sentimental value in a Sentence

sentimental value

noun
  • Is there an item in your house that has sentimental value?
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Is there an item in your house that has sentimental value?
    — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 18 May 2026
  • 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 pick their numbers, the pair looked to dates that have sentimental value to them.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Books that held sentimental value, but never to be read again.
    — Alex Milmeyster, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • If anything, the stamps might now hold even more sentimental value.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
  • On that note, what object in the house has some extra sentimental value to it?
    — Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Maier said the agave held sentimental value.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • All the contents could have been replaced but have some sentimental value.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
  • A lot of the art Lovato has inked on her body has sentimental value.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • This piece holds deep sentimental value.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 22 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • In that respect, any trophy that can be won this season would have added sentimental value.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Their parents may die, leaving behind a house full of items that hold sentimental value.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
  • Some items were easy to lose or replace; old rugs or small appliances don't have sentimental value.
    — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • These are items that are meant to be passed down through the generations, and should hold deep, sentimental value.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • The dress, a unique 100% silk piece from a now-defunct brand, holds sentimental value for the poster.
    — Ashley Vega, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • And a few trinkets of sentimental value.
    — Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
  • With each passing year, the sentimental value only swells.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Her jewelry, much like her wardrobe, holds sentimental value.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The tattoo's sentimental value doesn't stop with the design or placement.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • And while the sentimental value immeasurable, in pure cash terms, those medals will be worth more than ever before.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Some have backstories and some have sentimental value to the cast members, so that was exciting.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The magazine holds sentimental value for Kloss, who is not the run-of-the-mill publisher.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
  • 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

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