Sentence examples for Having possessed from inspiring English sources

Having possessed himself of papers to show that he was a freeman, he went to Washington, and while there, as he avers, was fraudulently conveyed to a slave-pen.

Tunicates and hemichordates have no clear indications of ever having possessed segments.

He admitted to having possessed and willfully communicated to an unauthorised person – probably Julian Assange – all the main elements of the WikiLeaks disclosure.

Silva was not accused of playing any role in the 15 April 2013 bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line, which killed three people and injured 264, but admitted having possessed a handgun with its serial number filed off.

And I think it's a matter worthy of further study and reflection: how, after having possessed such impressive power in China, after having disposed of the lives and deaths of human beings, he ends up in a catafalque, alone, in a place the size of a stadium, completely covered in black marble".

A more common belief today among Christians, though, is that all those who die in early childhood (or die having possessed only the mental capacities of young children) enter automatically into God's eternal presence (Basinger 1992, 4).

Like the Ring, its possession can be sensed by others who have possessed it.

What had possessed her?

It has possessed me, like a disease.

The world of "The Wizard of Oz" has possessed us.

What would have possessed her to murder them so violently?