WORTH in a Sentence

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For WORTH, below is one of 296 sentences:
That in itself was enough to make the affair a success, for now a dollar in silver was worth sixty dollars in Confederate paper money.

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 Meanings and Examples of WORTH
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worth
 a.  having a particular value, especially in money
 n.  the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  This was worth getting expelled from the university.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  The Troop bowed to real worth and moreover, because they liked him, they made him an officer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  Life was a hopeless affair and certainly not worth living.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  Nothing is worth what is happening to us now and what may happen, for if the Yankees whip us the future will be one of incredible horror.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  But even with this under-cover gossip seeping about, he could have retained his popularity had he considered it worth retaining.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  That in itself was enough to make the affair a success, for now a dollar in silver was worth sixty dollars in Confederate paper money.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  He said nothing in the world was worth what this war was going to do to us.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  It was said that he was at the head of a combine worth more than a million dollars, with Wilmington as its headquarters for the purpose of buying blockade goods on the docks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  Yes, Tara was worth fighting for, and she accepted simply and without question the fight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
10  That was about enough to buy one square meal for them all, she thought ironically, now that Confederate money was worth almost less than nothing at all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  "All our cotton--a hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth," said Scarlett bitterly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
12  Melly was worth three of the others.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  You see, when I enlisted I sold most of my land and I put all my money in Confederate bonds and you know what they're worth now.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
14  It's worth being in jail to see you again and to hear you say things like that.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  She wasn't like these people who had gambled everything on a Cause that was gone and were content to be proud of having lost that Cause, because it was worth any sacrifice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence: (86 in 6 pages)
16  There's never anything worth watching on TV.
17  One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
18  A word in time is worth two afterwards.
19  A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
20  An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
21  An hour in the morning before breakfast is worth two all the rest of the day.
22  One today is worth two tomorrows.
23  The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it.
24  Buying those shares was a very far-sighted move - they must be worth ten times their original value now.
25  The ring wasn't worth very much but it had great sentimental value.
26  It was a long climb to the top of the hill, but it was worth it for the view from the top.
27  The hotel fitness centre is definitely worth a visit.
28  The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.
29  Success is the continuous journey towards the achievement of predetermined worth while goals.
30  We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.