How to Use belonging in a Sentence

belonging

noun

• All guests will be searched and have their belongings scanned.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
• The need to create a strong sense of purpose and belonging is not new.
  — Andrew Dawson, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
• One of many who support ideas of belonging and justice, which was what my mind wanted to hang onto.
  — Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Apr. 2022
• There was a familiarity in his ways that moved me, giving me the feeling of belonging.
  — Patricia Restrepo, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022
• Bonus: This work bag for women will protect your belongings from the rain (or an accidental spill).
  — Madison Yauger, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
• George and Margaret Feil took them to the station, while Bob Fletcher drove away their belongings.
  — Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
• The exhibition will blend words, graphs, charts, video and sound to examine the nature of belonging and the struggles that come with the deep desire to belong.
  — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2022
• The movie explores modern fears about belonging and community in unsettling ways but with enough creepy imagery to satiate scary-movie fans.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
• Scholars have found that both fandom and fan loyalty are positively associated with a sense of belonging and a sense of meaning.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2022
• The healing comes through belonging, through celebrating in God’s presence together.
  — Amy Julia Becker, Time, 16 Apr. 2022
• This incident should not be a springboard for proxy arguments in Hollywood circles about race, respectability and belonging.
  — David Oyelowo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2022
• The eight-part series will tell a story of beauty and violence, artists and drug gangs, immigration and belonging – from the perspective of a writer who spent more than 25 years there.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
• The queue was an act of belonging, and the queue was an end in itself.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2022
• 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 woman was able to take a handful of her belongings with her in a bag.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2024
• All guests will be searched and have their belongings scanned.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
• The rest of the Lakota belongings were plundered or burned.
  — Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The suspect pointed some kind of firearm at them and took some of their belongings.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 2 Aug. 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
• Both the victim and the 44-year-old gunman were in the park when the younger man accused the shooter of stealing his belongings.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
• Think: No more rummaging through your belongings at the airport check-in or on the plane.
  — Lauren Fischer, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2023
• Their tent was found containing all of their belongings and cut open from the inside with a knife.
  — Leyton Cassidy, Longreads, 7 May 2024
• Reuters footage showed people returning to the site of the bombing to check on their belongings, and fires burning in the area.
  — Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024