belonging

Example Sentences

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“Everybody has a need for significance and belonging and purpose in their life,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

About $1.2 billion of the funds that later moved to an Iranian network would flow through an account belonging to the Binance business partner labeled as internal, the Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Castro, the brother of longtime leader Fidel Castro, was defense minister when the two Cessnas belonging to a Cuban-American exile group were shot down by air-to-air missiles in international airspace.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Richarlison got one back for Spurs but the Gunners had the final word, with the crowning moment fittingly belonging to Eze, who so nearly joined Thomas Frank's side in the summer before signing for Arsenal.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

My friends in Cambridge had become a kind of family, and I felt a sense of belonging with them that, for many years, had been absent on Buck’s Peak.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover