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

Its members are extraordinarily intelligent, fabulously wealthy and—increasingly—ideologically possessed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Like other unenlagiids, Kank australis possessed the enlarged claw on its second toe that is often associated with raptor dinosaurs.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

It would be good if Iran possessed no enriched uranium and no facilities for further enrichment.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

By analyzing families that possessed intergenerational histories of mental illness, the study found striking evidence that bipolar disorder and schizophrenia shared a strong genetic link.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee