belongings

Example Sentences

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People she met included a widow estranged from her adult children over financial woes, who stored piles of their belongings at their mother's home.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

AFP journalists saw hundreds of families fleeing the southern suburbs, some on foot or on motorbikes, others in cars packed with belongings.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Bass responded to the scene, where devastated family members were still collecting the belongings of loved ones taken by federal agents, said Martha Arévalo, executive director of Carecen, the Central American Resource Center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Katy Davidson, 49, from Cornwall arrived in London in a grey tracksuit which she said she was made to wear after their belongings were thrown away.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

It was littered with belongings: brass beds, chairs, kitchen tables, pots and pans, cribs, and piles of clothes.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm