worldly goods
Example Sentences
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Decades of accumulated memories, books, houseplants, furniture and kitchenware confronted us, as children, in-laws and grandchildren sifted through her worldly goods.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2022
In about 280, Antony sold his goods and retreated to the desert to contemplate the divine, eschewing all worldly goods in imitation of the poverty of Christ.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
You can use the document simply to let people know how you want your worldly goods to be distributed after your passing.
From Encyclopedia.com • Sep. 19, 2018
Those worldly goods included a barbecue smoker, into which Wood hid his own mummified leg.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2015
The Mollers managed, somehow, in spite of their worldly goods, to live fairly simply.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
