possessed

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Slate • May 20, 2026

Rai already possessed a rare tunnel-visioned focus - a trait which enabled him to secure victory at Aronimink - for a player so callow, says Prosser.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Each buyer was an American millionaire, and each would think that he alone possessed the real thing.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day