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单词 possessed
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Definition of possessed in English:

possessed

adjective pəˈzɛstpəˈzɛst
  • (of a person) completely controlled by an evil spirit.

    she ran like a possessed person
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The makeup on the possessed characters is appropriately disgusting, with blank white eyes, and overly large distorted mouths.
    • The mother of a possessed little girl is talking to the recently arrived priest who is going to perform an exorcism.
    • During the experiment, state-of-the-art neuro-imaging technology will be used to monitor the brain activity of a supposedly possessed man.
    • I expected to find a possessed fanatic, yet this was not the case.
    • Instead of creating the usual digital effects, Jennifer Carpenter, the daughter of film director John Carpenter, convincingly distorts her body to portray the possessed girl.
    • Maya decodes a numerical warning left by a demonically possessed sociopath.
    • An exorcism is a religious rite for driving Satan or evil spirits out of a possessed person, place, or thing.
    • He is a slightly possessed, haunted, eccentric man; his enemies prefer to say ' insane '.
    • Everyone jumped at the mention of a witch, afraid that they would be the next person to become a possessed victim of their mysterious black magic.
    • Here the Devil can cause the possessed person to say or do evil things.
    • Their identity can only be guessed at by the symptoms of the possessed person, and also by the astrological calculations of our Brahmins.
    • My sense of foreboding wasn't helped by the possessed woman, who was talking in a language from the north that she had never learnt.
    • Possessed individuals often took advantage of their situation to blaspheme or behave in shockingly immoral fashion.
    • Pretty soon Ash is the only sane person left, and he must battle the possessed Cheryl and Scott.
    • But first the possessed person must be in a state of trance.
    • She was the opposite of possessed; she was vacated.
    • The possessed Johannes predicts her death, and she dies.
    • At one point, a character huddles on a bed and watches the door as she waits for her possessed friend to bust in.
    • This feature is equally apparent in the story of the healing of the possessed boy.
    • Ritual possession may end abruptly when the possessed person becomes limp or falls with exhaustion.

Phrases

  • like a man (or woman) possessed

    • In a frenzy; madly.

      the striker charged down on goal like a man possessed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Be that as it may, I have been shredding papers like a man possessed.
      • He will either hit you or simply carry on dancing around in front of you like a man possessed.
      • I fight like there is no tomorrow, I fight like a man possessed.
      • This time around, perhaps reinvigorated by his assistant captaincy at the Ryder Cup, he has performed, well, like a man possessed.
      • Tom Hingley bounds the stage like a man possessed.
      • A few weeks ago I wrote about how I was like a woman possessed buying tea towels and so on.
      • Andrews, of late, seems like a man possessed.
      • I recall being impressed at one point in my career by a guy down the hall from me, who was working like a man possessed.
      • "He was like a man possessed," said a witness.
      • In the second-half he played like a man possessed.
 
 

Definition of possessed in US English:

possessed

adjectivepəˈzɛstpəˈzest
  • (of a person) completely controlled by an evil spirit.

    he can turn into a possessed animal at will
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At one point, a character huddles on a bed and watches the door as she waits for her possessed friend to bust in.
    • The possessed Johannes predicts her death, and she dies.
    • But first the possessed person must be in a state of trance.
    • Pretty soon Ash is the only sane person left, and he must battle the possessed Cheryl and Scott.
    • My sense of foreboding wasn't helped by the possessed woman, who was talking in a language from the north that she had never learnt.
    • She was the opposite of possessed; she was vacated.
    • I expected to find a possessed fanatic, yet this was not the case.
    • Possessed individuals often took advantage of their situation to blaspheme or behave in shockingly immoral fashion.
    • The mother of a possessed little girl is talking to the recently arrived priest who is going to perform an exorcism.
    • Ritual possession may end abruptly when the possessed person becomes limp or falls with exhaustion.
    • Instead of creating the usual digital effects, Jennifer Carpenter, the daughter of film director John Carpenter, convincingly distorts her body to portray the possessed girl.
    • He is a slightly possessed, haunted, eccentric man; his enemies prefer to say ' insane '.
    • Maya decodes a numerical warning left by a demonically possessed sociopath.
    • This feature is equally apparent in the story of the healing of the possessed boy.
    • An exorcism is a religious rite for driving Satan or evil spirits out of a possessed person, place, or thing.
    • Their identity can only be guessed at by the symptoms of the possessed person, and also by the astrological calculations of our Brahmins.
    • Here the Devil can cause the possessed person to say or do evil things.
    • The makeup on the possessed characters is appropriately disgusting, with blank white eyes, and overly large distorted mouths.
    • During the experiment, state-of-the-art neuro-imaging technology will be used to monitor the brain activity of a supposedly possessed man.
    • Everyone jumped at the mention of a witch, afraid that they would be the next person to become a possessed victim of their mysterious black magic.

Phrases

  • like a man (or woman) possessed

    • In a frenzy; madly.

      I trained like a man possessed, I tell you
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A few weeks ago I wrote about how I was like a woman possessed buying tea towels and so on.
      • In the second-half he played like a man possessed.
      • I fight like there is no tomorrow, I fight like a man possessed.
      • This time around, perhaps reinvigorated by his assistant captaincy at the Ryder Cup, he has performed, well, like a man possessed.
      • I recall being impressed at one point in my career by a guy down the hall from me, who was working like a man possessed.
      • Tom Hingley bounds the stage like a man possessed.
      • Be that as it may, I have been shredding papers like a man possessed.
      • He will either hit you or simply carry on dancing around in front of you like a man possessed.
      • Andrews, of late, seems like a man possessed.
      • "He was like a man possessed," said a witness.
 
 
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