How to Use personal effects in a Sentence

personal effects

plural noun

• Police found some of his personal effects near the 6200 block of Brasstown Road in Murphy.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2022
• In it were her kimono, a dress and some other personal effects.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
• Larry’s job is to go through the gear and personal effects of dead Marines before they are passed on to their families.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
• This has been a good year so far for recovery of personal effects and remains.
  — Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2018
• This would explain why Rebecca had his personal effects with her in the car after the fire.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Feb. 2018
• The Nebraska lab that Brown works at has 80 tables, each full of remains and personal effects that can work to solve the mystery.
  — CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023
• The Nebraska lab that Brown works at has 80 tables, each full of remains and personal effects that can work to solve the mystery.
  — CBS News, 24 Nov. 2023
• The Nebraska lab that Brown works at has 80 tables, each full of remains and personal effects that can work to solve the mystery.
  — Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 27 May 2023
• One of the few privileges of being a woman is the right to travel with all manner of personal effects.
  — Rebecca Malinsky and Lauren Mechling, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
• Half the canvas is littered with shoes heaped in a way that evokes the piles of personal effects found at concentration camps.
  — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 24 May 2022
• Also found was a gym bag with personal effects and three cellphones.
  — Time, 24 Mar. 2018
• The Nebraska lab where Brown works has 80 tables, each full of remains and personal effects that can work to solve the mystery.
  — CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
• The college is early in the process of determining what of the Wyeths’ personal effects will stay here, and what the foundation will claim.
  — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• Her personal effects, including her purse and wallet, were in the home.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
• Its pews are gone; in their place stand rows and rows of clothing and personal effects which belonged to the people massacred here 28 years ago.
  — CNN, 22 June 2022
• The remains and personal effects were in good condition, likely due to the glacier, Quintana said.
  — Mark Thiessen, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
• The remains and personal effects were in good condition, likely due to the glacier, Quintana said.
  — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2021
• The remains and personal effects were in good condition, likely due to the glacier, Quintana said.
  — Mark Thiessen, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
• The book takes a look at the politics and the personal effects of global immigration.
  — Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2019
• Prisoners were ordered to sort through the clothes and personal effects of soldiers who had been killed on the battlefield.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2022
• Prisoners were ordered to sort through the clothes and personal effects of soldiers who had been killed on the battlefield.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022
• Prisoners were ordered to sort through the clothes and personal effects of soldiers who had been killed on the battlefield.
  — Nathan Solis, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2022
• Prisoners were ordered to sort through the clothes and personal effects of soldiers who had been killed on the battlefield.
  — Nathan Solis, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2022
• His new laptop had been stolen, along with an Apple Watch and other personal effects.
  — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
• The office keeps and catalogs personal effects found with the bodies, which also can help ID them.
  — Bob Ortega, CNN, 15 May 2018
• The trunk is equipped with the same woven cotton straps as the original, which can be used to secure a traveler’s personal effects.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2024
• Only the bodies and personal effects such as backpacks have been removed from the building.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2022
• Rescuers found a large debris field of splintered wood and personal effects.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
• Coastal Elites is a new HBO project that examines the personal effects of the pandemic through a series of celebrity vignettes.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• The Berg family was able to remove much of its furniture and personal effects.
  — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025