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.
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Is there an item in your house that has sentimental value?
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2025
For 46-year-old Jillian Hamady, The Workman’s Friend, a quaint Irish pub in Plaza Midwood Charlotte, held sentimental value.
—Olivia Lee, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
And a few trinkets of sentimental value.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
School spirit aside, the university setting also holds sentimental value for Murphy.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2025
For 46-year-old Jillian Hamady, The Workman’s Friend, a quaint Irish pub in Plaza Midwood Charlotte, held sentimental value.
—Olivia Lee, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
And a few trinkets of sentimental value.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
School spirit aside, the university setting also holds sentimental value for Murphy.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sentimental value
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“Sentimental value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentimental%20value. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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