possessorship

Example Sentences

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Archer was proud of the glances turned on her, and the simple joy of possessorship cleared away his underlying perplexities.

From The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith

She turned and lifted a smile of possessorship to Ralph.

From The Custom of the Country by Wharton, Edith

Suddenly, at the sight, a rage of possessorship awoke in her.

From The Reef by Wharton, Edith

He had never had much of the joy of possessorship in any of the thousand and one beautiful and curious things that were his; and now he was conscious of envy for what was another’s. 

From Prince Otto, a Romance by Stevenson, Robert Louis

She had given herself up to the insistent possessorship and company of her son.

From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick