Sentence examples for possessed true from inspiring English sources
Although much has been written about the so-called caste systems among the tribes of the lower Mississippi, the Chitimachas appear to have been the only society to have possessed true castes in the sense of ranked groups that practiced strict endogamy, or marriage within the group.
Up until this point, no other nation in South America possessed true navies or regular armies.
In general, Milton: a Poem is a guide to Blake's idea of Milton: that he possessed true spiritual vision, but fell by his adherence to the moralistic and repressive tenets of puritanism and by his preference for the cruel and distant Jehovah of the Old testament over the redemptive figure of Christ.
Like Mr. Chan, Mr. Li, a veteran of Hong Kong cinema, possesses true martial-arts skills.
They are proud of their team, and possess true values in this sport.
Fern, any of several nonflowering vascular plants that possess true roots, stems, and complex leaves and that reproduce by spores.
Some shrimps (Hoplophorus) emit a luminous secretion from luminous organs, while others possess true light organs (photophores), which consist of a lens, reflector, and light-emitting photogenic cells.
Prokaryotic (nonnucleated) cells, which are generally much smaller than eukaryotic cells, contain a unique related set of filaments but, with few exceptions, do not possess true cytoskeletons.
All vertebrates possessing true bone exhibit body-fluid calcium ion concentrations of approximately 50 mg per litre (1.25 millimoles) and phosphorus concentrations in the range of 30 100 mg per litre (1 3 millimoles).
Reading Bostrom's book, you come away feeling that there may be no way to build machines that possess true "general intelligence" – that is, the ability to learn new concepts and apply them in unfamiliar contexts – without destroying ourselves in the process.
If the Form is an object of knowledge, human creators at least possess true opinion (601e).
