Sentence examples for possess him from inspiring English sources

And then I thought "Does he possess her, or does she possess him?" And then I thought there could be a novel, "Possession", about the relations between the living and the dead.

I MUST possess him.

"It's their intention; they possess him.

Why would I want to possess him?

He would entreat her to possess him before a performance.

Captain Ahab lies in his bunk, screaming in his sleep at the terrors that possess him.

The first two Latin lines translate to "In judgment a Pylian, in genius a Socrates, in art a Maro, the earth covers him, the people mourn him, Olympus possesses him", referring to Nestor, Socrates, Virgil, and Mount Olympus.

The work possesses him.

What possessed him?

What possessed him to say it?

Songs possessed him, sometimes arriving three or four a day.