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Discover LudwigThe phrase "is possessed" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is usually used to describe a state or condition of someone or something being controlled or influenced by a supernatural force or entity. Example: "The old abandoned house is rumored to be possessed by the spirits of its former occupants."
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He works as if he is possessed.
It is possessed by Dionysos.
"That would mean the place is possessed.
The story of Brian, however, is possessed by life.
"The person who is possessed may not even realise it.
He is possessed of perverse ambition and perverse nobility.
"She is possessed again," my mother sobbed, burying me in a crate of oranges.
Ackerman is possessed of an ability to look, adore and then dissect.
Somewhat crude occult exploitationer about a little girl who is possessed by a devil.
The symptoms disappear, but her very unlikable parents think that she is possessed by the devil.
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Internal theoretical structure may be relevant to how the ability is possessed, but how the ability is possessed is distinct from the ability itself.
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