VALUABLE in a Sentence

Learn VALUABLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
128 example sentences for VALUABLE, such as:
1. The avocado is a valuable food.
2. This experience is valuable to me.
3. It was a valuable part of former times.
4. He has a valuable collection of stamps.
5. Put away any valuable or breakable objects.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of VALUABLE
valuable
 a.  having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
 n.  something of value
Classic Sentence: (83 in 6 pages)
1  Meanwhile the knight caught a horse by the rein, for several which had been taken in the stables of Front-de-Boeuf stood accoutred around, and were a valuable part of the booty.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
2  Of course the most valuable discoveries were kept secret as far as possible.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
3  It was a valuable part of former times.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  Her pleasant manners and cheerful conformity made her always valuable amongst them; but now she was absolutely necessary.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  She looked and looked, longing to know which might be least valuable; and was determined in her choice at last, by fancying there was one necklace more frequently placed before her eyes than the rest.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  We shew Fanny what a good girl we think her by praising her to her face, she is now a very valuable companion.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
7  The boy has a new suit of clothes on his back, a set of valuable books under his arm, and a five-pound note in his pocket.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  Miss Hamilton, now Mrs Smith, had shewn her kindness in one of those periods of her life when it had been most valuable.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
9  His stock was more valuable than that of pedlars; but they did not think so, and passed his cart with eyes straight ahead.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
10  , abstracted from the jewel-case of the Countess of Morcar the valuable gem known as the blue carbuncle.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
11  I shall take up as little of your valuable time as possible, so I shall start at once upon my peculiar experiences.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
12  These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as valuable as a gold-mine.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
13  The initials were, of course, of the highest importance, but more valuable still was it to know that within a week he had settled his bill at one of the most select London hotels.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
14  The fellow had evidently made inquiry and found that only two lives intervened between him and a valuable estate.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
15  I began to talk to her about her family, and you remember that she at once gave us some exceedingly valuable details.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Example Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
1  The analysis of the samples provided valuable clues to the police.
2  The analysis of the samples on the murder spot showed some valuable clues to the police.
3  Put away any valuable or breakable objects.
4  The imperialists plundered many valuable works of art.
5  Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object.
6  Residents said local gang leaders had cashed in on the violence to seize valuable land.
7  He spent hours bargaining for the valuable watch.
8  Just because a camera is old does not mean it is valuable.
9  He has a valuable collection of stamps.
10  This experience is valuable to me.
11  The avocado is a valuable food.
12  Let's hang on to those old photographs-they may be valuable.
13  I should ,hang on to those old 'photographs they may be valuable.
14  The country's most valuable commodities include tin and diamonds.
15  The most valuable item on show will be a Picasso drawing.