Sentence examples of "possess" in English
Do you think that those superheroes are endowed with talents we don't possess?
Denkst du, dass jene Superhelden mit Eigenschaften ausgestattet wurden, die wir nicht besitzen?
It is the things that we do not possess which seem to us most desirable.
Es sind die Dinge, die wir nicht besitzen, die uns am begehrenswertesten erscheinen.
Man is the only animal that possesses language.
Der Mensch ist das einzige Lebewesen, das die Fähigkeit zu sprechen besitzt.
He is possessed with the ambition to rule over the world.
Er ist vom Wunsch besessen, über die Erde zu herrschen.
Tom thinks that his computer is possessed by an evil spirit.
Tom glaubt, dass sein Rechner von einem bösen Geist besessen ist.
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