MEMENTO in a Sentence

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Example sentences for MEMENTO, such as:

1. They gave him a watch as a memento of his time with the company.
2. I was thunderstruck at this, for it was the only memento that I had of her.
3. I had to fight with my staff as to whether I should smoke the cigar or keep it as a memento from the President.

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 Meanings and Examples of MEMENTO
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
memento
 n.  token; reminder of past; hint, suggestion, notice, or memorial to awaken memory
Classic Sentence:
1  I was thunderstruck at this, for it was the only memento that I had of her.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
2  I remember something, too, of the green grave-mounds; and I have not forgotten, either, two figures of strangers straying amongst the low hillocks and reading the mementoes graven on the few mossy head-stones.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence:
1  I had to fight with my staff as to whether I should smoke the cigar or keep it as a memento from the President.
2  They gave him a watch as a memento of his time with the company.