possessed
influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,426 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,867 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion also: obsessed by love possessed
- of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon also: demoniac, demoniacal
possessed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She was a most generous woman, and possessed a considerable fortune of her own.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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It was a slope of gap-hedged fields possessed to their centres by clumps of brambles.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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But he inquired here and there, with that patient shrewdness of young people possessed with a fixed idea.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He was a man well-to-do in the world, and possessed not only a large fortune, but a large family.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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They moved, they talked and cried, by the voice of the person possessed, whose body they shook as if by a tempest.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1