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

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

Beyond the keepsakes, the Olympic organizers have gotten an essential right in the Village.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

The walls were covered with knickknacks and baubles, keepsakes and trinkets that mounted up the beams to the corners of the ceiling, all crammed together in a chaotic jumble of odds and ends.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee