worldly goods

Example Sentences

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A will allows you to distribute your worldly goods, select a guardian for minor children and name an executor to carry out your wishes.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2021

Deniz Tas, 38, a kebab chef in a Hasankeyf restaurant, sits amid his family’s worldly goods in the back of a green flatbed truck, ready to head over the bridge to the new town.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2019

You can use the document simply to let people know how you want your worldly goods to be distributed after your passing.

From Encyclopedia.com • Sep. 19, 2018

Nor does it hold that all persons have a right to an equal share of worldly goods.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

The Mollers managed, somehow, in spite of their worldly goods, to live fairly simply.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey