worth a king's ransom

Example Sentences

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The hoard of almost 500 pieces was a 17th-century goldsmith's stock – worth a king's ransom then and priceless now.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2013

Everyone had been busy burning and burying a creature worth a king’s ransom.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

"It's worth a king's ransom, this bottle. It cost me two large blue-white diamonds, a mechanical bluebird which sang, and a dragon's scale."

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

Grandmothers used the clumsy furniture, and it is almost worth a king's ransom, it has so many legends woven around it.

From A Little Girl in Old Quebec by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

He dowered the language of his day with every tint of dawn and every convulsion of sunset; he invented metaphors that were worth a king's ransom, and figures of speech that deserve the Prix Montyon.

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl