How to Use possess in a Sentence

possess

verb

• The ruby was once possessed by an ancient queen.
• He possesses a keen wit.
• He dreams of someday possessing great wealth.
• The drug possesses the potential to suppress tumors.
• Do dolphins possess the ability to use language?
• The defendant was charged with possessing cocaine.
• After the latter, San Ysidro was able to possess the ball nearly the rest of the game.
  — Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
• Bill Wilkins was a pawn in Valak’s scheme to possess Janet Hodgson.
  — Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
• Does any item in a men’s wardrobe possess more character than the trench coat?
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
• The Wa possess high-tech weaponry: artillery, drones, and missiles that can knock jets out of the sky.
  — Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
• One of them, Casey, was possessed by secrets for all of her childhood.
  — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
• The invasive species can have up to a 4-inch leg span and possess venom in their fangs.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
• Britain served as the nation’s largest trade partner and possessed the world’s biggest navy.
  — Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
• Carpet pythons are not venomous but do possess a nasty bite thanks to dozens of teeth.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• Ammons claimed that she and her three children had been possessed by demons.
  — Marisa Kwiatkowski, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2024
• Hur found—and Biden has not disputed—that Biden did possess them, at his home and offices.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
• This is the story of what happened in Loudun, France, in 1632, when an entire convent of nuns was found to be possessed by demons.
  — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
• On the cover is a self-portrait of Wolfe looking possessed, with slots of empty white where her pupils should be.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
• Rowlands possessed the range to play anybody, but poor Mabel doesn’t.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
• Poly and resin heads are also durable and possess some benefits over steel, such as wider tines.
  — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
• Between the goals, Farmington was able to possess the ball and keep Maloney’s chances few and far between.
  — Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2022
• Suggs was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim and not to possess guns.
  — Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
• She also may be possessed by an evil twin or something.
  — Vulture, 25 May 2023
• Bear has concocted a plan that relies on skills that his friends don’t possess.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
• Dressed in basic blue, those women, too, possess a golden touch in their roles.
  — Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• The soap always stayed in the realm of reality: No getting possessed by the devil in Genoa City.
  — Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
• Kelly is unfazed and sets about her work like a woman possessed.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 July 2024
• More than a decade into his run, Drake still possesses the power to turn any type of song into a smash.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2023
• While the data do not show a direct correlation between fin aspect ratio and body size across all species, larger pelagic sharks tend to possess higher aspect ratios in their pectoral fins.
  — Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
• The property, originally built in 1917, possessed no shortage of historical intrigue.
  — Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024