Sentence examples for we possessed from inspiring English sources

Last fall, a voluntary simplicity conference at the Open Center in SoHo drew more than 300 people for workshops with names like "Are We Possessed by Our Possessions?" and "Leading a Life of Integrity".

The past is an unimaginable condition in which we possessed a future.

We were young, we had no money, we possessed the world through sheer enthusiasm.

Thieves were certainly not uncommon in our village, but I knew we possessed nothing truly worth stealing.

Gradually, the novel's direct address disappears and we are allowed to make our own way, to find feelings and states of being we didn't know we possessed.

For almost two months, Britain has shown the world a competence and confidence, a charm and warmth that few of us believed we possessed.

We possess existential authority.

What can we possess?

"With the resources and quality we possess we're underachieving".

"And, after all, we possess four copies of the Magna Carta".

Today, we possess the means to end this reliance".