Possessed, The

American  

noun

1. a novel (1871) by Dostoevsky.

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Example Sentences

Morgan possessed the same al-Qaeda manual as Rudakubana.

From BBC

Immediately after the fire took his home, Moore needed to work, but he no longer possessed the peripherals and equipment he required to record.

From Los Angeles Times

Above love and affection, above a willingness to find fault, Tate possessed the most crucial trait of all for a cultural critic—he was clear-eyed: The “intermingling of working-class origins and middle-class acculturation are too mixed up in black music’s evolution to allow for simpleminded purist demands for a black music free of European influence, or of the black desire for a higher standard of living and more cultural mobility.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Similarly, when Ms. Wilson’s mother died, only months after her husband’s departure, she discovered that her mother’s former kitchen implements possessed the power to reconnect mother and daughter, if only in memory.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the morning of June 13, the Mets possessed the best record in the major leagues at 45-24.

From The Wall Street Journal