Sentence examples for personal memento from inspiring English sources

As a personal memento of the banking crisis there is an obvious buyer for lot 1001 at Christie's next Wednesday.

Mr. Frelinghuysen said each sibling would keep a small piece of the collection as a personal memento, after being advised by Mr. Trepel that some parts of it did not, in fact, have as much financial as sentimental value.

In "33 Variations," Katherine is being ruthlessly denuded of her defenses, and for those who grew up enthralled with Ms. Fonda's screen image, it's hard not to respond to her performance here, on some level, as a personal memento mori.

"Everyone knows that this is the bullhorn that Harvey Milk used, but it is also the single most-cherished personal memento of my youth," said Mr. Jones, who noted that he used it for rallies before and after Mr. Milk's death, often blaring its siren to bring people out of the bars and into the streets of the Castro, then the country's gay mecca.

Beyond its value as a social status symbol, a painted portrait, particularly of a child, was a combination of genetic trophy, protective talisman and personal memento: a record of continuity, a wish for the future, a reminder of what was or might have been.

In return, Keane later gave his old manager his shirt, inscribed with the message: 'To Mark, Thanks for everything, 100th goal today!' Even more valuable than the personal memento is the £250,000 payday that this match represents to impoverished Brighton.

Typically, the ofrenda includes a favorite food or drink of the person who has died, personal mementos, skull-shaped candies and a rich cake called pan de muerto.

Unless it's her own: Sze typically hides personal mementos and local souvenirs in her shows.

Zarif's office is wood-panelled and plain, unadorned with personal mementos.

"Ebay pictures" is a collection of personal mementos captured in cold, white light.

I like the personal mementos, as well as the collectables, like people's personal photographs.