belong

Example Sentences

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The mayor of the nearby city of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo, wrote on social media that the electricity company truck was working on cables belonging to a building next to the track.

From Barron's

Before Jonathan Ross was identified as the shooter, a social media user decided the face belonged to someone called Steve Grove.

From Salon

At his police interview, Carley said the reason he dressed up as a fake admiral was to feel a sense of "belonging and affirmation".

From BBC

“I can’t prove who the snake belonged to,” Mr. Crabtree said, “and even if I could, why would I? It wasn’t a boa constrictor, you know, and it was dead to begin with.”

From Literature

Risk belongs with capital designed to absorb it—not with institutions whose stability depends on confidence and public support.

From The Wall Street Journal