How to Use value in a Sentence

value

1 of 2 noun
  • We sold the home for less than its full value.
  • You may exchange the item for something of equal value.
  • Real estate prices have doubled in value over the last decade.
  • No one can deny the value of a good education.
  • The company's stock continues to decline in value.
  • The store advertises great values.
  • Property values tend to rise as interest rates fall.
  • The difference in value between the two currencies is not significant.
  • The home has a value of $1,000,000.
  • Most of us value gifts from the dead more than anything else.
    A.a. Gill, A-LIST, 4 July 2018
  • But the main cost is getting equipment to the high-value trees.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Any value this has will be purely based on the foiling and the stamp.
    Joe Parlock, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Does a dance with me have the same value as a dance with a Geminoid?
    Alex Mar, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2017
  • No team in the last two decades has reaped more value from the mid-range than the Suns.
    Ben Cohen, WSJ, 23 June 2021
  • This is the kind of value play that many bettors will overlook.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2019
  • So Metu’s value is the Suns can play him at the four and five.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The full value of trade-ins will once again be exempt from sales tax.
    Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2021
  • What needs to be done to maximize the value from Equiano?
    Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 27 May 2022
  • He was given a task to enter a home and to take anything of value.
    Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 10 July 2018
  • But some are making the case that good design has value too.
    CNN, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Since Prescott no longer is the team’s best value, who is?
    John Owning, Dallas News, 10 July 2020
  • This is arguably the best value in a garage workbench out there right now.
    Matt Jancer, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But there is still value in the specifics that this memoir collects.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Stocks have wiped out trillions in market value over the past month.
    Jessica Menton, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Can there still be value in looking at things this way?
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
  • In my view, the Mac mini is the best value Mac there is.
    Barry Collins, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • And what will that do to free-agent prices, and to the value of cheaper young players?
    Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
  • But when your money’s on the line, the Bucks look like good value.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2021
  • Free speech is a social value as well as a legal right.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 5 June 2021
  • Achieve short sale prices at a fraction of the value of the outstanding lien/note.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2022
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value

2 of 2 verb
  • She values the time she spends with her family.
  • The items are highly valued by collectors.
  • The herbs are valued for their medicinal properties.
  • But tolls could favour use of the roadway by those who value it most.
    The Economist, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Growth stocks are losing out to value stocks among the small-caps as well.
    Karen Langley, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The game values his particular skill set less than in the past.
    Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 3 July 2018
  • Berniece cleans house for a white family that seems to value her.
    Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 13 Oct. 2022
  • We had all been socialized to value straight hair and light skin.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Airlines value their points or miles at about one cent.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Not all kids can do this, not all parents value the arts.
    Carole Sharwarko, chicagotribune.com, 17 Feb. 2022
  • But this largely comes down to the outcome of the lottery and how other teams value the pick.
    Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2020
  • There has been a loss of trust — a feeling among workers that they are not valued.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
  • His sons cherish the memory of a dad who valued time with his boys above all else.
    courant.com, 12 July 2019
  • And where will that leave someone who values power above all?
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 22 July 2023
  • Above all, the quality and safety of the toy is what parents value most.
    Samantha McIntyre, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
  • And that work ethic sets a standard the Dolphins have learned to value.
    Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The goal is not to value one race over another, but the opposite.
    David Bauder, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2020
  • Popovich, too, has come to value what Young has brought to the Spurs in his short time here.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • And stocks are even more highly valued than at the prepandemic peak.
    James MacKintosh, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Lawmakers don’t seem to value our public schools or the people who teach and work in them.
    miamiherald, 30 June 2018
  • Travel, like much of the rest of the world, has always been defined through a male lens that values boldness.
    Tyler Wetherall, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Those are the actions of a man who values his own interests above those of taxpayers.
    Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Please value that space, and please continue to create more play space for all those kids.
    Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2018
  • Name something people value more than their cell phones.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 26 June 2020
  • Love some small ball, and there are valid times to lay down the bunt, but otherwise it’s way over valued.
    Paul Uhls, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • How do those scientists figure out which to value more?
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Apr. 2018
  • A day later, Means showed why the Orioles value him so much.
    Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Life is short, and your time is too precious to squander on someone who doesn’t value it.
    cleveland, 5 June 2021
  • It’s a distinction more Black and brown folks are starting to value.
    Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 July 2021
  • Your time away may give you the fresh perspective many employers value.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022

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