possessed
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Organized by the museum’s Rachel Jans, “Eduardo Chillida: Convergence” is a display possessed of a revelatory power far beyond its modest size.
Most of the people at the festival weren’t even born when the Egyptian Lover possessed crowds of 10,000 at the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
What is inarguable is that Shepard possessed iconic beauty, whose “imperfections,” such as the crookedness of his teeth, only added to his allure.
No one else in the sport’s recent history has possessed such a knack for driving fans, administrators and executives completely mad.
The MGM brass realized, Mr. Eyman writes, that “she possessed something valuable—an electric charge that made an audience sit up and take notice.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
