How To Use Possessed In A Sentence

a good deal of comfort in the fact as she sold 7-Cs at $22.50 a pair to behemothian damsels who possessed money in proportion to Myra's beauty. Gigolo
An Iron Ancestor is a reanimated and iron - forged dead body possessed by a ghost.
It then possessed 39 aircraft, 52 seaplanes, and 7 airships.
The years of youth are given to us only once by the Creator, to be treasured while possessed.
Jackson Starfield is possessed of the most rock'n'roll name in town and a nice feral howl to match.

When asked who was to blame for all the possessed girls she responded, ‘The devil for aught I know.’
He is a slightly possessed, haunted, eccentric man; his enemies prefer to say ' insane '.
They lived under nine independent caciques or chiefs, and possessed a simple religion devoid of rites and ceremonies, but with a belief in a supreme being, and the immortality of the soul.
Tanning experiments carried out with the chromium, iron, aluminium, and calcium salts of Ordoval G yielded leathers which possessed proportionate characteristics of either kind of tannage to the extent to which either material was present. Synthetic Tannins
To have shown it to her husband would have been her first impulse; but, besides that he was absent from home, and the matter too delicate to be the subject of correspondence by an indifferent penwoman, Mrs. Butler recollected that he was not possessed of the information necessary to form a judgment upon the occasion; and that, adhering to the rule which she had considered as most advisable, she had best transmit the information immediately to her sister, and leave her to adjust with her husband the mode in which they should avail themselves of it. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Betty is a bundle of nerves, has a well-developed "New-England Conscience," and among other deviative (not degenerative) signs is possessed of an insatiate desire to climb trees. Why Worry?
Yet he never buckled, never once cracked and instead showed a strength of character that even I, his friend for years, didn't know he possessed.
A mad rage possessed her.
Charlie often longed to have the same composure as Cherri, to be as self-possessed as she made herself out to be.
Finally, the citizen must, if true to his quality, be possessed of some civic virtue.
She certainly claimed to have paranormal experiences, but whether she really believed she was clairvoyant or possessed psychic powers, I can't say.
One of the most appealing things about the questers in The Wizard of Oz is that they already possessed what they sought - they simply needed the quest to reveal their hitherto hidden qualities.
People who default on their mortgage repayments may have their home repossessed.
Where are you going, Rex?" said Anna one gray morning when her father had set off in his carriage to the sessions, Mrs. Gascoigne with him, and she had observed that her brother had on his antigropelos, the utmost approach he possessed to a hunting equipment. Daniel Deronda
One might as well tell the patient she is possessed by demons, as give her a psychoanalytic explanation of her physical disease or disorder.
She could feel the strength his lithe body possessed, even wounded and laying on a table.
He repossessed himself of his farm.
We're the generation raised on Stephen King, The Shining or "shinning" if you're Groundskeeper Willie, Freddie and Jason slasher movies, and so on, but make a movie with some little English kids possessed by the spirits of dead lovers and we get all freaked out. Archive 2005-11-01
This character is common to all animals as the result of their being descended from a common multicellular ancestor that also possessed this character.
Herta starts to breathe differently as we kiss; she is always self-possessed; every move of mine is coldly monitored.
A number of types of armor have been found with it, indicating that primitive as well as advanced titanosaurs possessed bony plates in the skin.
He has deemed himself a failure and largely abandoned literature, but Jed's portrait of him captures his bygone intensity—"he appears to be in a trance, possessed by a fury that some have not hesitated to describe as demoniac. Reflections on Self-Regard
In many of the worlds' bigger airports, the homeless and the dispossessed and the plain crooked are increasingly congregating, realising the scope they provide for buckshee food, drink, beds and bathroom facilities.
Adam sat down on the one comfortable chair he possessed and pulled his father's envelope out of his inside pocket.
(they are catalogued for us, and placed in rows in the shop windows); we purchase _lachryma Christi_ by the dozen; and, for a few sous, may become possessed of the whole paraphernalia of the Holy Manger. Normandy Picturesque
a small set of men, some of whom are possessed of great ability and have accomplished much, but as a religion in any adequate sense of the word positivism will be admitted a failure by its most sincere adherents. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy
She was a confident rocker with a bluesy voice and loved to sing, loved the sensation of being possessed.
He possessed a vast store of knowledge.
Theleb K'aarna had a respect born of fear for the powers of the aeromancer, the rare wizard who could control the wind elementals-and aeromancy was only one of the arts which Elric and his ancestors possessed. The Bane of The Black Sword
His face in repose possessed a boyish charm that disarmed her. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Outside of the cities the monarch, whose private fortune was identical with the state finances, possessed immense domains managed by intendants and supporting a population of serf-colonists. The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Obamacare Constitutional?
Descended from the Carolingian counts and vicomtes, they possessed and exercised very ancient rights of jurisdiction over their lordships.
Supper ended Pocahuntas was lodged in the gunner's roome, but Iapazeus and his wife desired to have some conference with their brother, which was onely to acquaint him by what stratagem they had betraied his prisoner as I have already related: after which discourse to sleepe they went, Pocahuntas nothing mistrusting this policy, who nevertheless being most possessed with feere, and desire of returne, was first up, and hastened Iapazeus to be gon. The Story of Pocahontas
If these writers possessed some illumination in their own fields-English or Media Studies, say, or Semiotics-the term would be inapplicable.
His father once asked for a cock-a-doodle-doo when the word for chicken eluded him. If you don't possess a language, you are dispossessed.
To remove a conviction so generally adopted, Quentin easily saw was impossible — nay, that any attempt to undeceive men so obstinately prepossessed in their belief, would be attended with personal risk, which, in this case, he saw little use of incurring. Quentin Durward
To define ideology as"false consciousness"was not an accidental error made by Engels as said by some scholars, but the consistent idea possessed by both Marx and Engels self.
The pictures soon came to symbolize the dispossessed of America during the Depression; to the politically minded, they exposed the truth behind the patriotic boilerplate.
Spurlock possessed a vigorous intellect, critical, disquisitional, creative; and yet he saw nothing remarkable in the girl's readiness to marry him! The Ragged Edge
Writing on Alibayli’s Blog, even some of the dispossessed remain unimpressed by the campaign of street protests. Global Voices in English » Georgia: Opposition protests on hold, new concerns emerge
He possessed formidable physical and mental energy, tremendous discipline.
The bright side of Charley's inheritance lay in the fact that he possessed Samson 's first-class brain. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
The Rakshasas robbed people of their senses and 'possessed' them.
Society member Thomas Snowden held "Fifty shares of the stock of the New Jersey Morris Canal and Banking Company" when he died and when creditors forced Theophilus Eaton to file as an insolvent debtor, he possessed a note from William Garratt promising the delivery of Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
This branch, under ordinary precedent, simply threw the case out of court; but in addition, the decision, proceeding with what lawyers call obiter dictum, went on to declare that under the Constitution of the United States neither Congress nor a territorial legislature possessed power to prohibit slavery in Federal Territories. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
The former work of the same title possessed the same kind of merit. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3
I examined the books they possessed, and found a small work on medicine, a small cyclopaedia, and a Portuguese dictionary, in which the definition of a “priest” seemed strange to a Protestant, namely, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Tibetans treat the blind as outcasts because they believe they are possessed by demons or have committed evil in a prior life.
If any thing has fallen under your observation, either on the one side or the other, I intreat you to lay it totally aside; to come to the consideration of this subject with cool, dispassionate, unprejudiced, unprepossessed minds, to attend to the evidence that will be laid before you, and to that evidence alone -- by that evidence let the Defendants stand or fall. The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of
We already possessed Pera; the Golden Horn itself, the city, bastioned by the sea, and the ivy-mantled walls of the Greek emperors was all of Europe that the Mahometans could call theirs. The Last Man
Wizards, fairies, elves, trolls and gnomes everywhere fell as the magical bird made its final pass over the land, taking with it the power it had once possessed.
The Irish possessed a strength of numbers, influence, and confidence beyond their fellow Irish in North America and elsewhere.
Who could have known that such this young boy possessed such extraordinary fighting skills, much more have it under steady control?
The Brahmins in India possessed for a long time the theocratical power; that is to say, they held the sovereign authority in the name of Brahma, the son of God; and even in their present humble condition they still believe their character indelible. A Philosophical Dictionary
He was uneducated, but he possessed that exact knowledge of mankind that makes leaders; and his shrewdness was the result of caution and suspicion. Half a Rogue
Both my healing and my scarring had proven that he possessed great talent with it in that specialized area. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
He is possessed of an enormous amount of self-confidence, but I don't believe he is egotistic in the normal, widely understood sense.
An alien force colonizes an otherwise sane and sound mind, forcing the possessed person to behave in a wicked way. Psychobabble and the Real Perps
But there is simply no credible evidence to suggest the boy was possessed by demons or evil spirits.
Once mollified, they are possessed once again of that calm which is their birthright, their black gaze deep.
I had never heard the remark made by any one in my life, except by one; and who that was will probably come out in this chapter; so that being pretty much unprepossessed, there must have been grounds for what struck me the moment I cast my eyes over the parterre, — and that was, the unaccountable sport of Nature in forming such numbers of dwarfs. — A sentimental journey through France and Italy
Both were possessed of massive majorities in Parliament and both believed the opposition to be a spent force, vanquished to the political shadowlands.
The man looked to be using every ounce of willpower he possessed to restrain himself.
I had never heard the remark made by any one in my life, except by one; and who that was will probably come out in this chapter; so that being pretty much unprepossessed, there must have been grounds for what struck me the moment I cast my eyes over the parterre, - and that was, the unaccountable sport of Nature in forming such numbers of dwarfs. A Sentimental Journey
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and He healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
They possessed significantly more knowledge of Irish politics and history than those claiming no Irish descent.
She is charged with an extraordinary animal vitality and expresses a paroxysm of movement and emotion like one possessed.
Possessed by morbid drives that defy easy psychological analysis, they pursued a revolutionary domestic policy, not because they had any faith in its merits but in order to be revenged on their enemies and consolidate their power.
It was the more provoking, as Bunce himself could write his name legibly, and one of those three doubting souls had for years boasted of like power, and possessed, indeed, a Bible, in which he was proud to show his name written by himself some thirty years ago -- "Job Skulpit;" but it was thought that Job Skulpit, having forgotten his scholarship, on that account recoiled from the petition, and that the other doubters would follow as he led them. The Warden
According to Von Meyer no mandibular tusks were present and most probably the jaw possessed a short elephantine symphysis.
They had walked and driven for hours to get there, carrying the only weapons they possessed - bows and arrows, spears and machetes.
Nor could the G.L.C. defend its policy on the basis that it possessed a mandate to lower fares.
Moscquites without any ciuill regiment possessed large and spacious territories towards the north, the foresayd three brethren, vpon the perswasion of one Gostomislius the chiefe citizen of Nouogrod, in the yeare since the worldes creation (acording to the computation of the Greekes) 6370, which was in the yeare of our The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
The town already possessed a bypass, intended to remove much of its traffic.
She couldn't meet the payments,so they repossessed the car.
All that could be seen of the two craft that the ship possessed were the two identical hatchways, which led into the darkness of the interior of the pods.
But almost one-third of the sales were of repossessed properties, and inventories of unsold homes actually rose. Times, Sunday Times
But underneath the searing humour runs a strain of deep discontent at the lives of the dispossessed in society.
To one possessed of wisdom, the acts of a former period (thus washed off) and those of this life also (which are accomplished without expectation of fruit), do not become productive of any disagreeable consequence (such as immurement in hell). The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
The show attracted not only ardent dog lovers but curious onlookers too who possessed little knowledge about the dogs.
I found him friendly and approachable, and he possessed a disarming charm that could come in handy. Times, Sunday Times
Lumber dried by artificial heat in kilns has not the life in it that is possessed by air-seasoned material.
But they possessed what the watching Turkmen wished for, a generation later: success and wealth. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
Out the window of the crche dining room, they saw the procession of what Sarah called the "repossessed," mainly Africans, but some whites, and their nationality not so obvious as they had been given Catteni cover-alls. Freedoms Challenge
Bruce threw his infantry reserve into the battle, the arrows of the English archers wounded the men-at-arms of their own side, and the remnants of the leading line were tired and disheartened when the final impetus to their rout was given by the historic charge of the "gillies," some thousands of Scottish camp-followers who suddenly emerged from the woods, blowing horns, waving such weapons as they possessed, and holding aloft [v. 03 p. 0355] improvised banners. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
After grabbing glasses of water, I began asking her questions ranging from how she balances work and family to how she became such a self-possessed businesswoman. Natalia Brzezinski: Designer Shoshanna Talks Bikinis, Bustiers and Women Feeling Beautiful
Which rising star in the art world claims to be possessed by demons?
It was a knife home-wrought and crudely fashioned from a whip-saw file; a knife such as one may find possessed by old men in a hundred Alaskan villages. THE DEATH OF LIGOUN
But first the possessed person must be in a state of trance.
Now I think I watch because I like the off-beat performers and the fact that all those people on the screen, however effectual or self-possessed they may be, may actually be doing something to help other human beings.
Therefore rational expressions must be possessed of mature minds, judgment and analytical abilities. In addition, a certain amount of cognitive reserves is required.
The sheer scale and scope of the exhibition, combined with the reality that most visitors possessed only a passing knowledge of African political history would have seemed to destine this project for incoherence.
Similarly it may be said — not as an ingenious speculation, but as a stedfast and absolute fact — that human calculation cannot limit the influence of one atom of wholesome knowledge patiently acquired, modestly possessed, and faithfully used. Speeches: Literary and Social
The veterinarian is in no position to estimate the virulency of organisms so introduced; neither can he determine the exact degree of resistance possessed by the subject in any given case. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
If so, who decided that the singer would squeal in high-pitched hysteria while the other three pounded their instruments as though possessed? Times, Sunday Times
They are 'self-people': self-possessed, self-preoccupied, self-loving — and ultimately, self-destructive. Times, Sunday Times
His wife Françoise was the most beautiful and accomplished woman of her time, the "perle de noblesse, de gentilesse, et de savoir;" and moreover possessed of the rich inheritance of her uncle Bertrand de Dinan, of the Brittany & Its Byways
Queen Milena possessed great beauty, which she retained unimpaired in advancing years.
We have to recognise them as a distinct people who were dispossessed of this continent and deal with them with respect. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
He was likewise taken to Mr. Deville, a noted professor of the art called phrenology, who felt his head, carefully measuring all its bumps, and, having learnt Clare's name, informed him that he possessed all the swellings necessary to make verses. The Life of John Clare
All of the crockery was chipped, and what little silver they possessed was tarnished to a dull black.
Lastly, a person who has been wrongfully dispossessed may undertake a form of self-help known as re-entry.
He cared deeply about Greek and Latin history and mythology and possessed a comprehensive knowledge of the prose, poetry and prosody of the eighteenth century.
This was the only musical instrument the marooned men possessed. Times, Sunday Times
But there is simply no credible evidence to suggest the boy was possessed by demons or evil spirits.
He possessed a fine tenor voice and had an abiding love of church music. Times, Sunday Times
Nay, there were a good many who were, even then, possessed with that unblest and unauspicious passion for Sicily, which afterward the orators of Alciabes's party blew up into a flame. The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls
Progressives should ask why the vote no longer provides the dispossessed with the same power.
It was believed that people could be possessed by evil spirits.
The gospels state categorically that Christ possessed a purse.
They believe people can be possessed by demons, and that their role is to rid the world of such demons.
She has convinced herself that she is possessed by the devil.
In 1614 Hideyori fortified himself inside Osaka castle with over 100,000 troops, many of whom were ronin, dispossessed samurai whose masters had perished in battle.
The men possessed only the barest minimum necessary for survival.
You will rub shoulders with Hollywood stars and visit the poor and dispossessed. The Sun
They had possessed themselves of a number of beetles such as washerwomen use, and hammered in long nails, the points of which projected an inch on the other side in the form of a fleur-de-lis. Massacres of the South (1551-1815) Celebrated Crimes
He possessed great intellectual and artistic ability, he could have built a successful career in many different fields. Times, Sunday Times
Nick O shrieks like a man possessed before effortlessly melodising his voice into something quite beautiful - rocking the hell out of us all.
My book should smell of pines, and resound with the hum of insects," might have been its motto, so sweet and wholesome was it with a springlike sort of freshness which plainly betrayed that the author had learned some of Nature's deepest secrets and possessed the skill to tell them in tuneful words. Rose in Bloom
The simple woodman's axe he'd been using had long ago lost what little bit of an edge it had possessed before he'd gone to work.
They were in arrears with their mortgage , so their home was repossessed.
Those dispossessed in these savage deportations have long since resettled, and no serious movement demands their return home.
Louis was a dreamer, idealistic and introspective; Zelie was more extroverted, possessed of formidable energy and strength of will. RIDDLE ME THIS
The third criterion is the degree of independence possessed by the bank and the juridical basis on which this rests.
Soss City possessed no centre, no spot where citizens might gather, should they be seized by such an aberrant desire. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
They possessed surpluses of grain and food, but these bulky products were expensive to transport over long distances. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
Thus the fact that the tsar possessed a large army did not mean that he could risk significant external commitments.
Broad of beam, heavily sparred, with high freeboard and bluff, Dutchy bow, the Uncle Toby was the slowest, tubbiest, safest, and most fool-proof schooner David Grief possessed. A LITTLE ACCOUNTWITH SWITHIN HALL
Fearing that the jinn had possessed her, her mother took her to an exorcist, a middle age man who confirmed that the girl was indeed possessed.
They has possessed themselves of all the necessary material.
And now he possessed her utterly , primitively - as a hunter does his quarry, a tiger his kill.
Though Johnson was less of a literary antiquary than some of his contemporaries, he possessed, through his work on the Dictionary, an unsurpassed knowledge of the language of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
His face in repose possessed a boyish charm that disarmed her. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Seldom before had music possessed such hyper-sensitivity, such visceral intensity, such manic-depressive immediacy.
The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.
An unreasoning panic seized the cabmen and chauffeurs; they were possessed with the fixed idea that no bridge across the Seine was safe, and no bribe would persuade them to cross the river; while they refused to take fares for even the shortest distance. The Paris Flood of 1910 | Edwardian Promenade
People who default on their mortgage repayments may have their home repossessed.
These mythological people possessed powers that included levitation, invisibility, shape changing, and the ability to vanish before your eyes.
But what gratified him most of all, I think, was the fact that before we had been aboard two days I had got Simpson, the sailmaker, at work upon an enormous jack-yard gaff-topsail for use in light winds, the only gaff-topsail that the schooner had hitherto possessed being a trumpery little jib-headed affair which she could carry in quite a strong breeze. Turned Adrift
Fear of the marauding rabble of dispossessed poor has existed for centuries.
Now he possessed the power over southeast Europe, with the exception of Constantinople, which still remained unconquered.
In an intense ritualist dance, the actors dressed in fantastic and weighty costumes are possessed by the Hindu deities they are incarnating. Everyday Devotions
Some cells possessed abundant, randomly arranged thin microfilaments in their cytoplasm.
He also possessed hypnotic powers. Times, Sunday Times
Everything she owns is automatically his, and any legal identity she possessed as a property owner disappears.
Thus speaking, Fortunato possessed himself of my arm; and putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.
Information can be instantiated in tangible property, which is defined as a tangible object ( "ideal object") with boundaries that can be possessed. Tyler on the Problems of Libertarians, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Young Joe possessed minimal athletic ability and was developing into an overweight child.
Birkin was expressionless , neutralized, possessed by her as if it were his fate, without question.
Despite the calamities of commerce, the country still possessed its sacred places if a traveler looked hard and carefully enough. SACRAMENT
The amount of community-strain staph that possessed inducible clindamycin resistance was still low, however, and there were still plenty of other drug options for outpatient treatment: the tetracyclines; the fluoroquinolones; the sulfa drugs; and linezolid or Zyvox, a brand-new and therefore much more expensive drug that could also be taken orally. SUPERBUG
When they came to the fork of the road, his horse turned left into a bypath as if it were possessed with a demon and began to run headlong down the hill.
One young woman describes the pleasure of the trance she enters when possessed by the Holy Ghost.
The makeup on the possessed characters is appropriately disgusting, with blank white eyes, and overly large distorted mouths.
She was far from confident that she possessed the moral courage to endure further revelations from that dark side of her moon.
The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed.
The blue eyes into which Betty turned to look were honest, too, and the shock of tow-colored hair and the half-embarrassed grin that displayed a set of uneven, white teeth instantly prepossessed the girl in favor of the speaker.
Some persons have made quite important collections, one of the most noted being that of Menelik II, the Abyssinian king, who possessed upwards of two thousand locks, varying from light to dark, and from fine to coarse, each lock being labelled with the date and particulars of its acquisition. Chats on Household Curios
People possessed of common sense have always known that human rationality is, at best, a fleeting phenomenon. Times, Sunday Times
Tucker possessed piercing blue eyes, pale, slightly watery of the kind usually possessed by homicidal nutters in Hollywood thrillers.
Their identity can only be guessed at by the symptoms of the possessed person, and also by the astrological calculations of our Brahmins.
By 1929, Lawrence himself possessed a pirated edition, a "filthy-looking book...containing my [his] forged signature by the little boy of the piratical family" (Lawrence 4).
The moonbeams caused the gems of elaborate jewelry to glow with an unearthly light, as if they possessed a heart pulse of their own.
On the one hand, they possessed no deep appreciation for what Latin civilization was, or how it functioned.
But, when she raised an arm, when she advanced a foot, it was easy to perceive that she possessed feline suppleness, short, potent muscles, and that unmistakable energy and passion slumbered in her soporous frame. Theresa Raquin
He states that the art world "has been hijacked by the very same forces that poisoned the world of finance: herding, greed and short-termism leading to asset inflation, market collusion, lack of substance and too many self-possessed individuals. Brian D. Cohen: The One-Percenter Art World
It is not therefore possessed by any one person. Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations
Suffice it, then, that he ruled in Noumaria five years; that he did what was requisite by begetting children in lawful matrimony, and what was expected of him by begetting some others otherwise; and that he stoutened daily, and by and by decided that the young Baroness von Altenburg -- not excepting even her lovely and multifarious precursors, -- was beyond doubt possessed of the brightest eyes in all history. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
He felt possessed of a preternatural strength and fearlessness.
What I do envy, self-possessed control freak that I am, is other people's ability to lose themselves in unfettered delight.
Matisse said he was possessed at this point by a love of line and of the arabesque - ‘those givers of life’ - which stirred his senses and appeased his spirit.
His love of the game completely outshone any other defects that his character may have possessed. Times, Sunday Times
There is also a great deal in that self-possessed extemporaneousness which a man carries in his pocket on a sheet of paper. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O
The Universal Community, which possessed truth in its totality, became for Royce a viable alternative to the Absolute.
It was extremely unusual to have callers shown in in this unceremonious fashion, even if she had been rather unprepossessed by these particular callers. The Beloved Woman
I then possessed one decigramme of very pure radium chloride. Pierre Curie
Once you've arrived at a figure, you can try to work out a deal with the defaulting party before the property is repossessed.
Arlack possessed a most splendid squint with both eyes, so that it was often observed he would make a capital cook, as he could always keep one eye on the pot while he surveyed the intricacies of the chimney with the other; and, to complete the catalogue of his complexional recommendations, his face was absolutely furrowed, seamed and gashed until it had nearly lost a human shape by the pitiless assaults of the smallpox. Ralph Rashleigh
Unspoken, unmentioned, was the reality the that the domestic consensus for the war, so clear in the wake of 9/11, has frayed, is broken, and absent another terrorist tragedy could never be reassembled with the strength it once possessed. Discourse.net: Mr. Obama's War -- And Ours
I was a "flitter" of the first water, and after I had been in Fort Worth for a very short while I became possessed of a desire to see something of the far famed border towns along the Rio Grande frontier. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers
On his last outing he drove like a man possessed and clipped a tenth off the Brazilian's time to ensure an all-Ferrari barrier at the start of the race.
Rehnquist was a great scholar who possessed a formidable intellect.
It was a pair of worn-out tatterdemalions that Captain Jones of the Mounted Police welcomed and fed, and he afterward averred that they possessed two of the most tremendous appetites he had ever observed. Trust
Can a pharmacist refuse to fill a prescription because he or she believes the client is possessed by demons?
But what possessed Kinnock, Hattersley, and our more enlightened baronesses?
The fabricated triode flat display possessed better field emission characteristics and larger anode current.
She was the opposite of possessed; she was vacated.
If I possessed this gentleman's ingenuity I might have whipped up a quick little prank like this in order to go viral on YouTube, however I just sat in the chair staring at the water waiting for a kind of pulsation like Jeff Goldblum in "Jurassic Park. The Water Ceiling Prank: Simple Yet Hilarious (VIDEO)
Ehret senior possessed some artistic skill and he encouraged his son in both pursuits, urging him to travel.
He possessed no academic qualifications.
When it came to housework, Mother possessed the quality called inevitableness to an extraordinary degree. My Boyhood
In the forest he learned charity, sympathy, helpfulness -- in a word neighborliness -- for in that far-off frontier life all the wealth of India, had a man possessed it, could not have bought relief from danger or help in time of need, and neighborliness became of prime importance. The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln
Unlike physical citizens, who inherently possessed certain rights, all corporate privileges came from the charters that created them.
Dugongids lack the vestigial nails on their flippers that are possessed by manatees.
Had we possessed, contemporaneously with the fuci of the An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges

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