belongings

/ (bɪˈlɒŋɪŋz) /


pl n
  1. (sometimes singular) the things that a person owns or has with him; possessions; effects

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How to use belongings in a sentence

  • The plain furniture was stiffly arranged, and there was no litter of clothing or small feminine belongings.

  • It was there also that she ate, keeping her belongings in a rare old buffet, dingy and battered from a hundred years of use.

  • She gathered the documents and placed them in the box, went upstairs, slowly packed her belongings, and called a cab.

    The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
  • A great many families packed up their belongings and went over to Negros Island in small schooners.

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
  • They were resting on their cumbrous belongings, strange groups, unkempt and half dressed.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton