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 measure would allow Ohioans age 21 and older to buy and possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and grow plants at home.
  — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 13 May 2022
• 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
• Still, some of the gun owners who spoke with ABC News questioned the need to possess the powerful weapons.
  — Samara Lynn, ABC News, 10 June 2022
• He was ordered not to possess a firearm or other weapons.
  — Steve Leblanc and Ben Fox, Chron, 26 Apr. 2022
• Carpet pythons are not venomous but do possess a nasty bite thanks to dozens of teeth.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• Some Vols fans possess years-old cigars, in hopes of one day getting to light up in triumph again.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022
• Ammons claimed that she and her three children had been possessed by demons.
  — Marisa Kwiatkowski, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2024
• In Michigan, a person under the age of 18 cannot possess a handgun.
  — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2022
• 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
• People can't possess them or set them off in city limits.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 29 June 2022
• 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
• He was sentenced in November to three years and two months in prison for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
• He was also arrested in 2002 for possessing child pornography, though those charges were later dropped and reduced to a misdemeanor charge for obscenity.
  — James Factora, Them, 27 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 15 Feb 2025