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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Couples birthstone bracelets: $27.99 (Amazon) Customizable jewelry pieces, such as these coordinating his and hers birthstone bracelets, add sentimental value.
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Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
There is more than just sentimental value or symbolic meaning attached to this piece of jewelry.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Barrera shared the deep sentimental value the restaurant holds, having taken his first steps there and witnessing generations of families gathering to share meals.
—Stephanie Ramos, ABC News, 15 Feb. 2025
And even the anti-penny comedian John Oliver can’t deny the sentimental value of chucking a penny into a fountain to make a wish or spitefully paying someone in a stash of one-cent coins.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
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Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
There is more than just sentimental value or symbolic meaning attached to this piece of jewelry.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Barrera shared the deep sentimental value the restaurant holds, having taken his first steps there and witnessing generations of families gathering to share meals.
—Stephanie Ramos, ABC News, 15 Feb. 2025
And even the anti-penny comedian John Oliver can’t deny the sentimental value of chucking a penny into a fountain to make a wish or spitefully paying someone in a stash of one-cent coins.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 10 Feb. 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 26 Mar. 2025.
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