possessed

Example Sentences

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“To get possessed to do that? It’s just, there’s no words.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

His father was a teacher who possessed a sarcastic and ironic sense of humor that he passed down to both Ittai and his brother, Kim.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Devices became continuous producers of information, and technology companies realized that information itself possessed enormous economic value.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

He had a wonderful self-deprecating humour but when game-day came he was like a man possessed.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Perhaps the reason Yakov had possessed me was because he had been chasing after the same atonement I had yearned for all along.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros