Emotions & feelings
sentimental value
emotional importance
Sentimental value is the emotional importance something has because of memories or personal attachment.
Hear it in real life
Why don't you throw that old jacket away?
It has sentimental value.
This necklace has sentimental value because my grandmother gave it to me.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: This necklace has a sentimental worth to me.
Say: This necklace has sentimental value to me.
The usual expression for emotional importance tied to memories is “sentimental value.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
have sentimental value; be of sentimental value; sentimental value to someone
Your turn: say it out loud
This necklace has sentimental value because my grandmother gave it to me.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
sentimental value
emotional importance
“This necklace has sentimental value because my grandmother gave it to me.”
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