Example Sentences

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Ghosts have infested a wealthy widow’s factory and are possessing appliances, seducing her son and cozying up to the prime minister for favors.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

They are rapidly passing from the renters' class to the owners' class; they are possessing themselves of the soil.

From Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements by Washington, Booker T.