How to Use belonging in a Sentence

belonging

noun

• All guests will be searched and have their belongings scanned.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
• The crew and their belongings were saved but the catamaran was lost.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Meet your guide and store any belongings in lockers in the gift shop.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 13 May 2023
• Futons, clothes, a lamp, a few books, and a cat—that was the extent of our belongings.
  — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
• The bag snaps closed at the top and has a zip pocket inside to keep your belongings secure.
  — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2024
• Their belongings remained behind at the farms, part of a crime scene.
  — Ray Chavez, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
• The family sold most of their belongings, their home, and their car, and moved to Panama in 2019.
  — Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
• Swan, an activist who asked to use a code name, came back around the same time and saw their belongings strewn across the forest floor from the raid.
  — Hilary Beaumont, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
• The rest of your belongings go into a wide, zip-close top and can be stored in a zip pocket or pouches sewed into the walls of the bag.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2023
• The vast majority of our belongings came from the kitchen and closet.
  — Alex Milmeyster, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The chest pocket for storing a phone and other small belongings is convenient and the cuffs around the wrist are a nice touch as well.
  — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2023
• Most of her belongings, including bags of clothes, an air fryer and a fan, were piled in the hallway.
  — Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
• Around them in the grass were blankets, school backpacks and other belongings.
  — Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Ravi Nessman and Matthew Lee The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2023
• For a makeshift cake, the families managed to find a prepackaged donut amongst their belongings, and a candle to stick in the middle of it.
  — Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
• Her boxes sat at the entrance of the building, along with plastic bags filled with her belongings.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• After her older son died, a soldier showed up at their home with a trunk of his belongings.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
• The couple returned that evening to find the safe and closets of their room empty, their belongings gone, Wallace wrote.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• The family of three carried just two grocery bags of their belongings from their past lives in Venezuela.
  — David Bolaños Daniele Volpe, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• The best waterproof sandals will be light enough to not send you over the weight limit and keep their shape when crushed in alongside the rest of your belongings.
  — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
• The stunned crowd -- some in tears -- slowly gathered their belongings, trying to figure out how to get home.
  — Heather Hollingsworth, arkansasonline.com, 16 Feb. 2024
• People could be seen around the city Tuesday drying belongings that hadn’t been swept away.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
• And the heavy-duty zippers ensure belongings stay secure inside the bag (and that pests stay out).
  — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
• Police said the men punched the male victim before taking their belongings and fleeing the scene.
  — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
• The door to the truck was ajar and the man's belongings — a wallet, grocery bag and cellphone — were scattered on the ground, according to court documents.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
• Her broken truck, at the shelter, has more of her belongings inside and there was stuff inside a storage unit, too.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• The landlord can't, for instance, destroy property, board up a home, put belongings out on the street and refuse to make repairs.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
• By the end of the day, her belongings — an electric scooter, a plush unicorn backpack, the plaid blanket — were piled high on a street corner two blocks away.
  — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2023
• Since every active father-in-law needs a place to store his belongings, this stylish sling travel bag can help.
  — Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2023
• The interior of the safe is suitable for those who want to keep their belongings organized.
  — Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2024
• But just where should those joy-sparking belongings go when all of the closets and cabinets are already filled?
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024