How to Use belonging in a Sentence

belonging

noun
  • And sometimes this sense of belonging is found in an unexpected place.
    Noah Davis, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2022
  • In the process of returning their belongings, the parents find themselves in a romance.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The throughline uniting them all, of course, is complete acceptance for each member — plus a whole lot of love and belonging.
    Jhoni Jackson, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Her preternatural confidence, and an unshakable sense of belonging, were there from the very beginning.
    Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Company culture can easily get lost in the mix for remote teams, leading to a lack of belonging—or worse, a culture that isn’t aligned with the company’s values.
    Ken Babcock, Quartz, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Fashion, with its power to craft identity and status and belonging, treated West like a cold transaction, not like family.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Your employees will develop a sense of belonging, feel more appreciated and, in time, your company’s knowledge base will be more likely to stick around.
    Irvin Bishop, Forbes, 4 Oct. 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 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
  • 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
  • The last thing any traveler wants is to be stopped by TSA and have your belongings rummaged through.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Your family members or roommates can then pull their belongings from the cart and put them in their bedrooms, backpacks, offices, or kitchen drawers.
    Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2024

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