Sentence examples for new possessions from inspiring English sources

They also boasted of their new possessions on Facebook.

Often, these had to do with money and new possessions — a salary raise, a new apartment.

After the Spanish-American War, U.S. officials proudly referred to their new possessions as colonies.

This time, they had to leave those new possessions in the house.

Undeterred, the correspondent headed to Canal Street, where he tried to sell his new possessions.

Because space at home was scarce, we seldom acquired new possessions of significant size.

The king then embarked on an ultimately successful effort to make a vast fortune from his new possession.

At the time of Harry Gelwicks's 1904 photo of a North Shore family in its Mors automobile, however, a car "was the great new possession," she said.

The company chose as governor of its new possession John Maurice, count of Nassau-Siegen, a prince of the house of Orange and perhaps the ablest administrator in the Netherlands.

For the next months, the United States quickly set out to establish its control over its new possession even as Emilio Aguinaldo attempted to establish a new republic.

Against Norway, they often played awkwardly in their new possession offense, making imprecise passes, rushing and mis-hitting shots as Norway sat back and waited to counterattack.