Sentence examples for accumulated possessions from inspiring English sources

Stature was measured in accumulated possessions and in generosity.

Charlie Dixon kicked six, Jack Martin was silky and Dion Prestia accumulated possessions at will.

The house of Wettin had accumulated possessions in Thuringia from the middle decades of the 13th century onward.

Rummaging through the accumulated possessions of adolescence in her bedroom over the summer, Jean singled out the items that she could not leave without: her sewing machine, her coffee maker, the social justice posters that covered her wall.

Yesterday afternoon she had driven away from the garden apartment in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn, leaving behind her photographs, her tax records, her passport -- 18 years of accumulated possessions.

Their fates crossed in 2006 under the worst of circumstances: in Mr. Shunk's West Village apartment, where his body had decomposed for about 10 days before it was found, upside down and trapped by stacks of his accumulated possessions, with only his ankles and his feet visible.

These are not about spending money and accumulating possessions, but about enriching daily life and flourishing".

"The Lakota are more spiritual than we are," says Hartley. "To them there was no status in accumulating possessions or wealth.

He buzzed around like a fleet-footed small forward while accumulating possessions like a midfielder, finishing with 14 touches and nailing a set shot from just inside 50m.

Advertising executives and Hollywood film-makers channel their creative powers into persuading us that we can escape suffering by gaining wealth, accumulating possessions, and finding love.

All of the hours, weeks and months spent building a character and accumulating possessions through role playing means that "you do invest a bit of yourself and a bit of your pride in your character," she said.