How to Use belong in a Sentence

belong

verb

• She was here for 15 years, but she never really belonged.
• Wipe out the drawer and put the things that belong there back.
  — Kate McGregor, housebeautiful.com, 9 May 2023
• That alone should put the Big 12 on notice: The Bearcats belong.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 10 Jan. 2024
• The crying wolf call of great tits belongs in this box of tricks.
  — Anders Brodin, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• When the whole team is healthy, Kulich still belongs on the roster and in the lineup.
  — Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
• These spiky blooms belong at the back of your border in full sun.
  — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 18 Jan. 2023
• But the 17-year-old doesn’t think police belong in schools.
  — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
• But the movie is too steeped in Goldin’s life and art to belong to the Sacklers, or to the opioid crisis.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2022
• Blazy, with his fount of ideas, belongs firmly in the future camp.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
• The ideology holds that a home belongs first to guests and God, and then to the owner.
  — Naomi Tomky, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2023
• But this begs the question, does oil belong on or in pizza?
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
• Courtesy of Bushtops The rule for spotting game in the bush is to look for what doesn’t belong.
  — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2023
• The final share of blame might even belong to the system itself.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 Jan. 2023
• And where do many young people turn to feel that sense of belonging?
  — Alex Miller, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
• If the item isn’t labeled a 1, 2 or 5, Aldridge said, it won’t be recycled and belongs in the black bin.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• But let the locals also feel the same sense of belonging.
  — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 25 Feb. 2024
• Kids These Days What happens when someone who doesn’t belong on the field jumps over the guardrail?
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 13 July 2024
• That’s because those pants belong there, at least for now.
  — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
• There are the other singers on the choir team, various rivals and members of the church the choir belongs to.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
• This season, there’s no such guessing where the Stars belong in the standings.
  — Dallas News, 10 Dec. 2022
• But for many people, the feeling is the same: Here is somebody who doesn’t belong.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
• Many of them say the term injures their self-image and sense of belonging.
  — Daniel Oto-Peralías, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
• The will for meaning and to belong can be the glue that holds people together.
  — Loubna Noureddin, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
• How much of the set decoration or props are things that belong to you or Kit?
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2022
• Beyond the texture, the bedding looks like a set that belongs in a 5-star hotel.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2023
• This is who the Browns are, a team who doesn’t belong in the same sentence as any other AFC playoff teams.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022
• There was an outcry from some country music fans who thought the song didn’t belong in the genre.
  — Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• Step into the heart of Bristowe and be greeted by a sense of belonging.
  — Bang Advertising Staff and Correspondents, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• What's next: The inevitable debate — does ketchup belong on tamales?
  — Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
• Moments of belonging and love, from the laughter and meals shared to the inevitable squabbles, carry immense weight.
  — Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025