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How to use worth in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Worth means having a value of; proper to be exchanged for. Example: “Cleanliness is a virtue worth more than others.”

Examples of worth by meaning

adjectiveHaving a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

  • Cleanliness is a virtue worth more than others.
  • A painting once thought to be worth thousands that is actually not worth much.
  • Is it well worth visiting your hometown? -Nah, Leicester is not worth it at all.

adjectiveDeserving of.

  • This rickety beater of a car isn’t worth repairing anymore.
  • He found going to the Edinburgh Castle was worth it.
  • I think you’ll find my proposal worth your attention.

adjectiveMaking a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

  • This job is hardly worth the effort.

nounValue.

  • I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please.
  • They have proven their worths as individual fighting men and their worth as a unit.
  • stocks having a worth of two million pounds; £2 million worth of stock

nounMerit, excellence.

  • Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged.
  • Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport

verbTo be, become, betide.

  • Woe worth the man that crosses me.
  • Well worth thee, me friend.

More sentences with worth

  • Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.From the entry quotation
  • The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.From the entry win
  • A few hundred pounds' worth of chicken and serveral dozen eggs.From the entry hundred
  • In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.From the entry almost
  • That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?From the entry fortune
  • I don't think it worth complaining about the leak in the roof, is it?From the entry think
  • It's not worth risking your life for the sake of getting there a few minutes earlier.From the entry sake
  • I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check.From the entry check
  • A popular aphorism says it best: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.From the entry best
  • If you can't fix it with duck tape, it's not worth fixing.From the entry duck tape
  • Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.From the entry deluge
  • That potato salad smells a bit iffy. Don't chance it — it's not worth salmonellosis.From the entry iffy
  • That car of his has got to be worth a few sovs.From the entry sov
  • This isn’t your run-of-the-mill refrigerator; you’ll find the extra features well worth the price.From the entry run-of-the-mill
  • Buying the car was a big expense, but will be worth it in the long run.From the entry expense
  • Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worth one's while.From the entry worth one's while
  • Have a rummage through the attic and see if you can find anything worth selling.From the entry rummage
  • That car won't last a week, it's not worth two cents.From the entry two cents
  • Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.From the entry make sense
  • The thieves got away with a million pounds' worth of jewellery.From the entry get away with
  • The lottery jackpot is worth a staggering three hundred million dollars.From the entry a
  • I keep a savings buffer of three months' worth of living expenses.From the entry buffer
  • It's worth keeping a dictionary around in case you come across an unfamiliar word.From the entry keep around
  • That test is worth half your grade, so you'd better hunker down and start studying.From the entry hunker down
  • A fractional is much more expensive than a traditional timeshare, but to many people, it's worth it.From the entry fractional
  • The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes.From the entry outtake

Meaning of worth

  1. adjective Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
  2. adjective Deserving of.
  3. adjective Valuable, worthwhile.

Full definition of worth

Questions about worth in a sentence

How do you use worth in a sentence?
Worth is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “Cleanliness is a virtue worth more than others.”
What is a short sentence with worth?
“Well worth thee, me friend.”
What does worth mean?
Worth means having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: worth (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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