personal items

Example Sentences

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There was more room for my backpack and other personal items than I expected but I struggled to change clothes in there.

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

Some locals sell clothes and other personal items to raise cash to buy what high-priced food they can find.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Elisha packed the finished painting among the few personal items he was bringing to the Arctic.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock