possessed

What limited knowledge he possessed he forced upon me.

He possessed the fighter pilot's horror of bad weather and instrument flying, and he wondered, if the ceiling did drop, whether he and the other flights would be able to find their way back in this unfamiliar territory.

The traditional strategy of the South has been to expose the vices of the North, to demonstrate that the North possessed no superior virtue, to `` show the world that '' as James's Christopher Newman said to his adversaries ) `` however bad I may be, you're not quite the people to say it ''.

`` We were possessed by visions of a new civilization to come, very pure and elevated '', he has said, `` in fact some ideal form of socialism such as we had dreamed of since the war of 1914-1918 ''.

`` Fear possessed me, and the certainty of war '', he has related.

The men who speculate on these institutions have, for the most part, come to at least one common conclusion: that many of the great enterprises and associations around which our democracy is formed are in themselves autocratic in nature, and possessed of power which can be used to frustrate the citizen who is trying to assert his individuality in the modern world ''.

The pilot possessed excellent skill at his calling ; ;

Heretofore an action had possessed the breadth of tragedy only if it involved high personages and if it occurred in the public view.

It required an energy he no longer possessed to be satirical about his father.

They possessed no outer fortifications, no hard shells of confidence ; ;

`` What possessed you to tell me a clotheshorse would be a good idea ''??

The ideal girl -- possessed of talent, poise, intelligence, personality and beauty of face and figure -- is chosen each year to represent Rhode Island.

Mr. Viall possessed remarkable talents for the leadership and development of men.

A gentleman of the old school, Mr. Upton possessed intellectual power, ample means, and withal, was a devoted Christian.

She possessed an observant eye, a retentive memory, and a critical faculty.

Yet Andy plowed ahead, mouthing the inconsequential words as if they possessed real meaning, and gradually his listeners warmed to him.

And possessed himself -- how??

Adam and Eve were perfect, not in the sense that they possessed perfection, but in the sense that they were capable of development toward perfection.

Since he possessed more power in an interdependent universe of living beings and dead spirits, the emperor had to use it for the benefit of the living.

The self-realized Mahayana saint possessed superhuman powers and magic.

One item in this unhappy scheme was to have Germany policed exclusively by its continental neighbors, among whom only the Soviet Union possessed real military strength.

The eyes, blue and always somewhat downcast, possessed a sullen quality.

The " tail " is only possessed by the male and is an extension of the cloaca and used to inseminate the female.

According to the poet Saadi Shirazi: Arslan possessed a fort, which raised at the height of Alwand, from all were those within its walls, for its roads were a labyrinth, like the curls of a bride.

Just before Rieux enters the water, he is possessed by a " strange happiness ," a feeling that is shared by Tarrou.