belongings

Example Sentences

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Buyers often inherit the belongings of the seller.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

It was still full of stranded belongings and furniture and detritus, but there were no neighbors there anymore.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

James Hayes died in 2010 and a notebook containing the numbers was among the belongings he passed on to his son Sean.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

In the country's hard-hit west, residents waded through flood waters with their belongings on their heads and evacuated in crowded boats, AFP reporters saw.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Before the banks were reliable, people used to stuff their belongings in jars and then bury them in the yard.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt