worldly goods
Example Sentences
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Decades of accumulated memories, books, houseplants, furniture and kitchenware confronted us, as children, in-laws and grandchildren sifted through her worldly goods.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2022
If the state and its worldly goods eloped with the secessionists, it could tip the outcome of the Civil War.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2021
In about 280, Antony sold his goods and retreated to the desert to contemplate the divine, eschewing all worldly goods in imitation of the poverty of Christ.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
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
Men were pushing wheelbarrows filled with all their worldly goods.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
