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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a man possessed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a man who is under the influence of a strong emotion, obsession, or supernatural force.
Example: "In the heat of the argument, he seemed like a man possessed, driven by anger and frustration."
Alternatives: "a man consumed" or "a man driven".
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"He's a man possessed.
"Like a man possessed!" thrilled Phil Liggett.
"One of them plays the recorder like a man possessed".
Spotting one, Mr. Karanth became a man possessed.
"But Liddell pushed himself like a man possessed.
To the other miners, Sepúlveda often looked like a man possessed.
I arrived in Keswick a new man and devoured her tourist attractions like a man possessed.
"He's not a man possessed by self-doubt," Baird told me with a smile.
There's craziness in this book: it feels as if it were written by a man possessed.
He was a man possessed, and this is the reason: mulberry gin.
If only, Haliburton muses, they could watch him train like a man possessed.
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