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

Every doll, every toy, every report card, every artwork she proudly brought home from school and Sunday school, her bike, hundreds of photos, and boxes upon boxes of keepsakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 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

In his will, written shortly before his death in 1821, Napoleon left several imperial keepsakes -- including two of his last hats -- to his son, the King of Rome.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

That was why Maria clung so desperately to keepsakes.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer