Sentence examples for having possessed from inspiring English sources

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

Dionysius the First, having possessed himself of the government, at once took to wife the daughter of Hermocrates, the Syracusan.

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

The later tradition, however, frequently depicts him as having possessed extraordinary knowledge of commonly inaccessible matters often said to have been mediated by the angel Gabriel and as having performed sundry supernatural feats.

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.

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.

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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?

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