worldly possessions
Frequency: 6.89.8 per million words
all the physical objects that a person owns, often implying they are not many
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Examples (10)
- He carried all his worldly possessions in an old suitcase.
- After the fire, they were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs and a few worldly possessions.
- The monk renounced all his worldly possessions to live a life of poverty.
- She packed her few worldly possessions into a small car and moved to the city.
- When he died, his worldly possessions consisted of a bed, a chair, and a box of books.
- They lost all their worldly possessions in the flood.
- It is easy to become too attached to our worldly possessions.
- The refugees fled across the border with their meager worldly possessions.
- He decided to sell his worldly possessions and travel the world.
- Wealth is not measured by the number of worldly possessions one owns.