personal items

Example Sentences

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Near the body were personal items - a rucksack, coins, including one dated 1977, fragments of a Sun newspaper from 1978.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Wash your hands properly, choose paper towels over dryers, clean surfaces when needed, and keep personal items like your phone clean.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Casual conversation with colleagues, or a failure to share intimate personal items like photos to build trust with victims, resulted in similar punishment.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Other plaintiffs weren’t given time to collect personal items before they were seized, it alleged.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

I sorted through the personal items in my case, reflecting on how much I had left behind.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys