Sentence examples for possessed like from inspiring English sources

Maybe Spielberg, Streep, and Hanks are possessed, like many of their compatriots, by a deeper dread.

At the start of the protests I felt like I was possessed, like I wasn't in control of my own body anymore.

But Cabrera never lost what everyone agreed he possessed like few others: a discriminating eye at the plate and a sweet, timely and fluidly powerful swing.

Hill, who is now a law professor at Brandeis University, told me that what Thomas possessed, like many accused harassers, and unlike many accusers, was a winning "narrative".

Thorson, like Liberace, is from Wisconsin, but he's the other side of the Midwestern coin, soft and self-effacing and easily possessed, like one of the pianist's prize shar-peis.

For Terry Teachout, if art cannot be possessed, like a book in one's hands or a performance in one's presence, then it falls short of classic status ["Things We Can't Miss, and Things We Can't Forget," May 20].

"Hacking is the closest thing the general public knows to be an unknown, unexplained power that some people possess, like modern magic," says Herzog.

We should use the relative freedom we possess, like the freedom of speech, to vocalise our struggle and support other people less fortunate.

Certain memories come with a clarity she sometimes wishes she did not still possess, like the recollection of a December day 20 years ago.

They are asked to provide several documents many do not possess, like passports or national identity cards confirming that they are Haitian.

Moreover, the senses report properties that the atoms don't really possess, like colors and tastes.