How to Use possessed in a Sentence

possessed

adjective
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  • The innocents soon become the target of a possessed doll.
    — Daily News, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2017
  • The book follows a possessed eleven-year-old, and two priests who attempt to exorcise her.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The front-seat passenger, the mother of a 1-year-old in the back seat, possessed needles and a methamphetamine pipe, according to police.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Her most common move is scuttling toward the camera on all fours, like a possessed toddler.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The bright red color was soon muted by a generous dollop of Smetana, which would melt in the hot soup, sending its white streaks all around, like a possessed octopus.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Then the idea of playing the three, there is a kind of possessed-ness, so that did require a different body shape or different vocal inflections.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • But without the frightening, possessed animal band at Chuck E. Cheese, what there be to do there besides watch parents drink and fight each other?
    — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Etruscans saved the furcula of chickens, setting them in the sun to dry out, according to Panati, believing the birds were sacred and possessed power.
    — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Players assume the role of a possessed lamb and build a flock of deceptively cute woodland creatures to become the biggest, baddest satanic cult around.
    — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Alyssa Sutherland's possessed, tormenting mom is a phenomenally nasty piece of work, there's one exceptional use of a cheese grater, and the endlessly bloody finale is a must-see.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The movie, starring Linda Blair as the possessed girl and Ellen Burstyn as her helpless mother, scandalized viewers with its relentless procession of terrors.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • A possessed criminal, a determined police force and the beginning of a pivotal new use for psychiatry.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Alyssa Sutherland's possessed, tormenting mom is a phenomenally nasty piece of work and the jaw-droppingly gory, endlessly bloody finale is a joy to behold.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
  • Linda Blair, as the possessed girl, gave a terrifying performance enhanced by eye-popping special effects.
    — William Grimes, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The possessed youth reaches up toward Jesus, his frenzied eyes spinning, unwittingly pointing to his savior in a crazed contrapposto.
    — Max Norman, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2020
  • The relationship between the two siblings is stretched to the breaking point, and way beyond, after Beth accidentally unleashes the power of the Necronomicon book, turning Ellie into a possessed, and highly dangerous, Deadite.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2023

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