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

"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

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

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

"Now that I have said it, what is my reward?" he asked—and the fair face came up, red and rosy, with "rewards," any one of which was worth a king's ransom.

From When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth by Major, Charles

The veil should sweep to the edge of the train and may be simply a cloud of sheerest tulle or filmy lace worth a king's ransom.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.