Possess in a sentence as a verb

You don't get to screw around with other people's lives and continue to possess the title of "good guy".

That is, they do not yet know at their stage in life how best to apply the skills, talents, and strengths that they know they possess.

Will it make it a federal felony to possess an encrypted phone?

In fact at least 2 / 3rds of those who score 'proficient' still do not possess this more advanced measure of literacy.

Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it.

I'm pretty sure "knife throwing" and "blindfold juggling" would have been suitable examples, but I don't personally possess those skills.

The thing that always gets me is that "idea guys" seem to assume that "developers" can't get ideas, like it's a skill that only a select few can possess.

Luckily, just as social intelligence is taught implicitly by parents who possess it to their children, so can anyone learn it themselves.

Intellectual curiousity, love of learning and scientific rigor are real things, and a large number of the humans on this planet don't possess them.

I can hack together a decent, reasonably strong wooden workbench for my shop, but it doesn't possess the same craftsmanship as a dedicated wood worker.

The intelligence that the hominid lineage has evolved gives human beings advantages that bacteria will never possess.

Most of them still do not consider themselves financially secure; for that, they say, they would require on average one-quarter more wealth than they currently possess.

I'm reminded of a quote by Viktor Frankl:"Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

I can't do that, have no idea how they do it, am sort of in awe of salespeople as a result; I function in business largely by understanding and respecting the limitation I possess.

It is not to say that the theorem is so advanced that only 10 people on earth possess the aptitude to understand it - it is that only 10 people have the foundation on which to understand the theorem due to its specificity.

All states possess an inherent right to self-defense, and we recognize that certain hostile acts conducted through cyberspace could compel actions under the commitments we have with our military treaty partners.

> Some of this is welcome the statement about making it a criminal offence to possess images depicting rape sounds a good idea on the face of it, for example, for such material is deeply offensiveAre you ******* kidding me?

I know the capacity that is there to make \n tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that \n all agencies that possess this technology operate within\n the law and under proper supervision so that we never \n cross over that abyss.

Recently, doubts have \narisen concerning the safety of commercially available carbon nanotubes,[2] which may possess \nthe same carcinogenicity as asbestos fibers because of their similar characteristics.

" -- John Carmack[1] "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it.

Possess definitions

verb

have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"

verb

have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

See also: have

verb

enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her"