memento

Example Sentences

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After dinner, I pass out little memento goodies such as honey, tea, candy or jams as party favors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

It is a chronicle, an accounting, a memento mori.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025

I grabbed one as a memento of my time here and also as a reminder of what’s happening with Latinos right now.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2025

Hundreds of thousands of tourists and locals visit each year and only a fraction leave behind this unwanted memento.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

With each recorded memento of grief, Will’s mother found hope and Will’s family began to heal.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin