belongings

Example Sentences

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"Those disembarking will only be allowed to take with them a small, sealed bag containing essential items such as their documentation, mobile phone, charger, basic necessities and personal belongings."

From BBC • May 9, 2026

On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Those crews frequently seize and destroy tents and other belongings, including medicine and identification cards, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Her belongings were taken by the custody sergeant, which is standard practice after an arrest.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

About the same time I was frightening my grandmother, Hugh and his family were packing their belongings for a move to Somalia.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris