possessive
Example Sentences
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It kicks off a massive year for the singer, who is also embarking on a global "Miss Possessive Tour" taking in North America, South America, Europe, and the UK.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025
Possessive case pronouns show ownership: my/mine, our/ours, your/yours, his/her/hers/its, their/theirs, whose:
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
It’s an elemental part of the American experience that continuously expresses itself, taking on, as scholar George Lipsitz wrote in The Possessive Investment in Whiteness, “different forms and serving different social purposes in different eras.”
From Slate • Mar. 23, 2018
Possessive desire means the other person becomes an object to be owned and controlled.
From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2016
Possessive of her eggs, the hen kept her eyes fixed on us, no matter how fast we moved.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Vocabulary lists containing possessive
Unit 1: Telling Details
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves
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