Sample Sentences fordispossess (auto-selected)
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In the countersuit she charged that the lenders were conspiring to dispossess her of her property.dispossess = take away possession of something
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Too many have been dispossessed of their heritage, and we have banded together in brotherhood so as to do something about it. (source)dispossessed = deprived (had something taken away from them)
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In the islands it was scarce unheard of for a strong, ambitious uncle to dispossess a weak nephew of his rights, and usually murder him in the bargain.† (source)
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He was well aware how much I prized my refuge by the side of my old aunt, and he determined to dispossess me of it.† (source)
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A robbery would be a relief since it would dispossess my mind of the fear of something else.† (source)
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To-morrow some other little problem may be submitted to my notice which will in turn dispossess the fair French lady and the infamous Upwood.† (source)
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Hers too, was an ancient, age-old feat The fear of being dispossessed.† (source)
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Will you do as I ask, or will you dispossess me and lead the Varden yourself?† (source)
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As far as Leila was concerned, the valley represented an act of colonial theft and dispossession.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.
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It felt oddly dispossessing, being handed this first legal proof of my personhood: until that moment, it had never occurred to me that proof was required.† (source)
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Or putting dispossesses under the door because you never actually see him.† (source)
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Restless Amata lay, her swelling breast Fir'd with disdain for Turnus dispossess'd, And the new nuptials of the Trojan guest.† (source)
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Especially when we handed him the following typewritten rules and regulations for the Secret Annex (a van Daan production): PROSPECTUS AND GUIDE TO THE SECRET ANNEX A Unique Facility for the Temporary Accommodation of Jews and Other Dispossessed Persons Open all year round: Located in beautiful, quiet, wooded surroundings in the heart of Amsterdam.† (source)
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I'll tie a dispossess bomb to your tails that'll blow you out in the street!† (source)
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I had resolved to be calm about my dispossession, to keep my mind on the goal I had given myself.† (source)
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Unquestionably, when it came to dividing, dismantling, dismembering, desolating, detaching, dispossessing, destroying, or dominating, Mama Elena was a pro.† (source)
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