Sentence examples for could have possessed from inspiring English sources

What could have possessed Hashimoto to blow up his public image along with his party's hopes?

What, then, could have possessed us, more than 35 years later, to revisit him?

Simon Wren-Lewis wonders what could have possessed Mankiw and Taylor to sell their souls this way.

So let us return again to the South Cloisters of University College and the question we began with: what could have possessed Bentham to do what he did with his last remains?

We hope that no one will conceive the idea of purchasing the Niagara Falls with the same purpose!...But, seriously, what in the world could have possessed any mortal to embark in such speculation with this mountain of wood?

What inner torment could have possessed a bright young man they knew as a pacifist, artist and all-around mellow California dude to suddenly slash the throat of a woman he had just taken home for Christmas?

On the other hand, if South African sports had not been subject to boycott, it's highly unlikely that it could've possessed the reconcilatory effect showcased in the post-apartheid era, showcased through the Springboks' Hollywood-adopted 1995 gly, Bafana Bafana's triumph at the following year's African Cup of Nations, and the current hosting of the continent's first World Cup.

For example, in dedifferentiation studies involving myotubes, the myotubes formed by myocyte fusion could have been contaminated with non-fused myocytes and in the experiments involving the isolation of myofibers, the myofibers could certainly have possessed contaminating satellite cells or stem cells.

International sanctions that had been imposed against Iraq after the Persian Gulf war were eroding, and many of the chemical and biological stocks that Iraq had possessed could not be traced.

As the days progressed, I couldn't understand what had possessed me to sign up for this fiasco waiting to happen.

Hannibal, had he pleased, could easily have possessed himself of this ground; but he had reserved it for a bait, or train, in proper season, to draw the Romans to an engagement.