Sentence examples for were possessed from inspiring English sources

Early explanations of forms of mass hysteria were that people were possessed by the devil.

Ms. Jacks denies responsibility, saying the children died in their sleep and were possessed by demons.

"Red" hurtled along, as if the dancers were possessed by some formidable power beyond themselves.

They acted as if they were possessed by the force of feelings beyond their control.

Lang dodders and hesitates, and then murders, mercilessly, as if he were possessed.

In their ecstasies they were "possessed by the gods" and able to fly outside their bodies.

I was possessed".

"He was possessed," Briere said.

We are possessed.

She was possessed by it.

It is possessed by Dionysos.