Example Sentences

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Quickly, Karsh’s love turns to possessiveness, and everyone around him becomes a suspect.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

According to Sure, Porter warned him about Combs, advising Sure to stay out of Quincy’s life because of Combs’ alleged possessiveness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025

“I don’t know if it’s the topic, but there hasn’t been a possessiveness about subject matter that I’ve found in other subjects, and I do think that’s pretty incredible.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

Viewers accused Ms. Bond of selling out and expressed a startling degree of possessiveness over her life.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022

He touches her shoulder with a possessiveness in his eyes that I don’t like.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir