possessiveness
Example Sentences
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"If you don't like it, just don't go for it or follow it. Why the possessiveness over other people's wallets?" someone wrote on Weibo.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
According to Sure, Porter warned him about Combs, advising Sure to stay out of Quincy’s life because of Combs’ alleged possessiveness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
Whether her thin-skinned possessiveness is new, new to you, or well-established, you do have some options for dealing with it:
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2022
Because part of love is possessiveness, and that is complicated when one becomes two.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
He touches her shoulder with a possessiveness in his eyes that I don’t like.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
