POSSESSED in a Sentence
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277 example sentences for POSSESSED, such as:
1. Her mother said she was possessed by devils.
2. He is possessed of an extraordinary fund of energy.
3. He remained possessed in times of that great trial.
4. If only my father had possessed an ounce of business sense.
5. One quality the team possessed in abundance was fighting spirit.
2. He is possessed of an extraordinary fund of energy.
3. He remained possessed in times of that great trial.
4. If only my father had possessed an ounce of business sense.
5. One quality the team possessed in abundance was fighting spirit.
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Meanings and Examples of POSSESSED
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possessed
v. enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas
v. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He still liked her tremendously and respected her for her cool good breeding, her book learning and all the sterling qualities she possessed.
2 The MacIntoshes were Scotch-Irish and Orangemen and, had they possessed all the saintly qualities of the Catholic calendar, this ancestry would have damned them forever in Gerald's eyes.
3 Jonas Wilkerson, hat in hand, stood beside her, his sallow tight-skinned face hardly concealing the fury of hate that possessed him at being so unceremoniously turned out of the best overseer's job in the County.
4 Frail, fine-boned, so white of skin that her flaming hair seemed to have drawn all the color from her face into its vital burnished mass, she was nevertheless possessed of exuberant health and untiring energy.
5 Having never possessed the courage to get himself into such a situation before, Charles was at a loss as to how to act.
6 But for all his habit of making oracular statements and his slightly pompous manner, he was as kindly a man as the town possessed.
7 Her love was still a young girl's adoration for a man she could not understand, a man who possessed all the qualities she did not own but which she admired.
8 I can't imagine what possessed you to receive him in the first place.
9 A feverish energy possessed her and would not let her be still; and at night, long after Scarlett had gone to bed, she could hear her walking the floor in the next room.
10 Muscles she did not know she possessed ached from her unaccustomed exertions of the night before and every movement brought sharp pain.
11 The lace- trimmed petticoat beneath was the last garment she possessed that was pretty--and whole.
12 It was the same intangible, unspectacular courage that all the Wilkeses possessed, a quality which Scarlett did not understand but to which she gave grudging tribute.
13 Formerly he had the same combination of servility and impertinence which Wilkerson possessed but now, with Mr. Calvert and Raiford dead in the war and Cade sick, he had dropped all servility.
14 Now, it was dear to her again and she wondered dully what madness had possessed her to hold it so lightly.
15 But, if he possessed those qualities, he'd probably have sense enough to feel the desperation that lurked just beneath her demurely fluttering eyelids.
Example Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1 If only my father had possessed an ounce of business sense.
2 The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.
3 He possessed a raw energy allied to a feeling of something special.
4 He is possessed of an extraordinary fund of energy.
5 He decided to give away everything he possessed and become a monk.
6 All night I have been tossing and turning racking my brains to think what could have possessed the young man to kill himself.
7 The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.
8 Her mother said she was possessed by devils.
9 One quality the team possessed in abundance was fighting spirit.
10 Mentally, I still possessed my soul, and with it the certainty of ultimate safety.
11 He seemed to devour me with his flaming glance: physically, I felt, at the moment, powerless as stubble exposed to the draught and glow of a furnace: mentally, I still possessed my soul, and with it the certainty of ultimate safety.
12 At other times she seemed possessed of a wild animation, her eyes alight, her expression vigorous, an intense glow in her soul.
13 He had hoped that he might give him some proofs of the great accomplishments which he possessed in occult things and in this way add to his own glory and renown.
14 He remained possessed in times of that great trial.
15 The upshot of the rematch was that the former champion proved that he still possessed all the skills of his youth.