How to Use possessed in a Sentence

possessed

adjective
  • Whether it was penned by Apa or some Brit with possessed hips, the song soon took off.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
  • 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 suspect was a parolee at large and possessed drug paraphernalia.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
  • The story begins with two teens fleeing into the night where one is killed by her possessed mother.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Her most common move is scuttling toward the camera on all fours, like a possessed toddler.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2020
  • One of those nods was for Linda Blair, who expertly played the possessed little girl.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Blair, who played the possessed main character, reportedly faced backlash for playing the role.
    — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The real-life doll itself is an old Raggedy Ann, which is said to be one of the most possessed items the Warrens owned.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Linda Blair would ultimately be cast as the possessed child, Regan.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 27 Dec. 2025
  • At age nine, she was offered the lead role of a possessed girl in the 1973 film The Exorcist.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • How to describe the romantic ski weekend montage involving a possessed snowman, in what seems to be an homage to the Wham!
    — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Mikey’s got a possessed toilet, a rotten floor, a delivery guy with a net-30 billing schedule, and insufficient staff.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 June 2024
  • 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
  • The Nun pops out of a wall, a demon appears on a bed, crosses start to spin, a possessed figure scampers across the ceiling and a man with an axe cornered me in a random closet.
    — Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Relentlessly silly instead of scary, the horror comedy is worth a watch just for goofy Brian Cox playing a possessed dad.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Once Nikki returns to herself, she’s still left with extreme trauma and consequences, given that the possessed version of her murdered two people.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • Linda Blair, as the possessed girl, gave a terrifying performance enhanced by eye-popping special effects.
    — William Grimes, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • Navarrette does her job like a pro, delivering a chilling performance as a possessed lovesick young woman, with the real Nikki being tortured and trying to break free.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • In a possessed rush, Tyler storms up the stairwell, down the corridor and enters the bedroom to tackle Ryan, who has already killed one of Chloe’s friends and staged it as an overdose.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The film may offer up some absurdist comedy at the expense of Jim’s dedication to his craft, but ultimately shares in his possessed creative energy.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The best sequences allow for some building of suspense, like the fate of Gautama’s flunky while closing the family shop at night, or an episode when Tika is chased by her possessed mother in their house.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
  • As possessed people speak in foreign tongues and violence rises, Ahmed fears regaining memory, while the disciple fears his master’s decline may unleash an ancient evil.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • David Dastmalchian stars as Jack Delroy, an opportunistic host who invites a possessed girl and a child psychologist as his guests for the night in a desperate bid for ratings.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • The motivational speaker Tony Robbins paced with possessed energy around a stage erected on the floor of Miami’s Kaseya Center.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
  • After taking a couple episodes to establish its premise, there’s a procedural rhythm to Hub’s hunting expeditions, tracking targets from a possessed priest to a Satanic cheerleader.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
  • But no homes are so possessed with pottery of the truly enormous variety as Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus, whose Portuguese farmhouse appears on the cover of our June issue.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 22 May 2026
  • The two-hour runtime and slow boil storytelling make the full unveiling of Linda Blair’s possessed, demonic Regan all the more devastating, providing a horror monster whose salvation is all too easy to root for.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024

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