How to Use personal property in a Sentence

personal property

noun
  • Where did personal property tax come from in the first place?
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2023
  • The locks cannot be changed or your personal property removed.
    — Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Does that personal property have to be under the roof of your house to be covered?
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2021
  • All lanes need to be free of personal property so that everyone can move freely.
    — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 30 Aug. 2018
  • If there's damage to your personal property, here's what to know.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Documents say a large amount of personal property was strewn across the road.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2023
  • What do all of these highly personal properties all have in common?
    — Christine Chitnis, Travel + Leisure, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Real or personal property, such as a house or a car, is often sold at auction.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The car contained the driver’s personal property and cell phone.
    — cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021
  • After that, the city will rebate half of the personal property taxes paid by the market for five years.
    — Kara Carlson, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The house and the personal property inside were destroyed as a result.
    — Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2021
  • But if the equipment is financed as personal property, it can’t be valued in an appraisal of the home.
    — Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022
  • It was filled with personal property and had a sheet a paper displaying a swastika.
    — cleveland, 27 May 2021
  • The broad term refers to theft of personal property, including package theft.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Two men got out of the car with guns in hand, and pushed the woman against a wall before taking her personal property, police said.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Once inside, the former boyfriend grabbed the woman by her hair, dragged her down stairs, and stole her cell phone and other personal property.
    — cleveland, 13 May 2022
  • One of the suspects struck the victim with his hand and the others held him down while personal property was removed from his pockets.
    — Allana Haynes, baltimoresun.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • This is the first time the agency is auctioning personal property taken from a weed business.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • To start, there are no bicycles or ball games, no mirrors larger than the palm of one’s hand, and almost no personal property.
    — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Some of Jones’s personal property is also being sold off as part of the bankruptcy case.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Ogalla said at one time, a farmer may have opted to put solar panels on a portion of his farm, in what was the case of personal property rights.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But observers note that that same upper class may want to keep their personal property fortunes away from the prying eyes of tax collectors.
    — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Officials searched the home, but only found her purse and personal property, the sheriff's office said.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 9 May 2025
  • The robber left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash from the register as well as some of the clerk’s personal property, Gay said.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Both men were also stripped of their political rights for life and ordered to forfeit all personal property.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • The woman’s son confronted the man, who claimed to be looking for personal property that a drunk friend threw out the car window the night before.
    — cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The office is tasked with valuing and assessing all real and personal property in the county.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The abatement on the $7 million in personal property would work the same way, according to the agreement.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The 35-year-old woman has been charged with burning personal property, which is a felony, officials said.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The woman was charged with simple assault and the man was charged with assault on a female and damage to personal property, police said.
    — NBC News, 12 May 2021

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