keepsakes

Example Sentences

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She said she wanted to leave the bags as "keepsakes" for her children and grandchildren.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Don eventually remarried and had three more kids, but he held on to a big box of Cynthia’s clothes and other keepsakes, including a lock of hair and bottle of her perfume.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The novel emerged as he began writing about the objects he had saved, everything from family keepsakes to trinkets picked up at the bazaars, which gradually brought his characters to life.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Thousands of victims are still in limbo, trying to rebuild their homes and reassemble their lives while managing the stress of displacement, the cost of starting over and the loss of irreplaceable keepsakes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Her nose was buried in my keepsakes bag, and she had a guilty expression on her face.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate