personal effects
plural noun
: privately owned items (such as clothing and jewelry) normally worn or carried on the person
Examples of personal effects in a Sentence
put all of your personal effects in the bin so that they can be x-rayed
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The men were subjected to various abuses by their captors, such as theft and beatings, and many personal effects were tossed overboard.
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Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Other evidence prosecutors made public Thursday included photos of Mangione's personal effects, thousands of dollars in cash and his MacBook laptop.
—Michael Ruiz , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The red-brown stained evidence, along with cleaning supplies, hardware tools and some personal effects, were found in a dumpster where Walshe’s phone was tracked in the days following Ana’s disappearance.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Cook County Crime Stoppers said the victim was a homeless man, based on personal effects found at the scene, who died from an apparent stab wound in his upper back.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Other evidence prosecutors made public Thursday included photos of Mangione's personal effects, thousands of dollars in cash and his MacBook laptop.
—Michael Ruiz , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The red-brown stained evidence, along with cleaning supplies, hardware tools and some personal effects, were found in a dumpster where Walshe’s phone was tracked in the days following Ana’s disappearance.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Cook County Crime Stoppers said the victim was a homeless man, based on personal effects found at the scene, who died from an apparent stab wound in his upper back.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for personal effects
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“Personal effects.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20effects. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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