personal items

Example Sentences

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Then there was this rule: Don’t leave underwear and other personal items on the bed if you want your pod cleaned!

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Wash your hands properly, choose paper towels over dryers, clean surfaces when needed, and keep personal items like your phone clean.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Casual conversation with colleagues, or a failure to share intimate personal items like photos to build trust with victims, resulted in similar punishment.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Other plaintiffs weren’t given time to collect personal items before they were seized, it alleged.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Though we only had a packet of cherry paste and a tea tray as merchandise, I relieved the beast of the travel supplies and our personal items.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri