belongings

Example Sentences

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Buyers often inherit the belongings of the seller.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

It was still full of stranded belongings and furniture and detritus, but there were no neighbors there anymore.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Yet, he’s taken the time to study these strangers’ belongings so that he can speak personally about each one and at the end of his modest speech, he sheds a few tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

With his belongings stuffed into a plastic bag, Thai fisherman Narongsak Kongsuk heads home, far from the sea.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

I didn’t have any trouble thinking of the bad responses, though—the ones where crowds laughed, body parts disappeared, or foul-smelling, rotting things kept turning up in my personal belongings.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan