Example Sentences

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I had no idea I was possessing such a treasure of "breathtaking frequency and single-mindedness."

From Time Magazine Archive

“The bit of soul in that diary was possessing Ginny, wasn’t it? How does that work, then?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

At one point in her dream her daddy had appeared, only he was possessing Richard Caruthers, giving Ophie a dollar so that she could go see a movie and get an ice cream cone.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Perhaps after all there was no need to search for reasons for the exultation that was possessing me.

From Montlivet by Smith, Alice Prescott

Yet, I myself was thinking of her, too; and because of it a strange, slow anger was possessing me.

From The Hidden Children by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)