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Example sentences for "possess themselves"

  • They have lately taken away two of our breeding mares to carry them towards that part of the country and have made several attempts to possess themselves of others.

  • Received into the cities as friends and allies, it was the first object of the invaders to possess themselves, by a mixture of force and fraud, of the fortresses and citadels, which were the keys of Spain on the French frontier.

  • As the Carthaginians were masters of the sea, they would not have failed to possess themselves immediately of his fleet, which was incapable of making the least resistance.

  • From this Time the Dutch began, without any Opposition, to possess themselves of the Provinces belonging to the Crown of Spain in Asia.

  • The next Night he sent 200 Men, to possess themselves of a Mount that overlook'd the Enemies Trenches.

  • Five years afterwards, such was the rapid change of scenery, these fugitives returned to re-possess themselves of their seats, and were again and finally the ejectors under Elizabeth.

  • Upon the resumption of hostilities the league displayed the same want of agreement and energy which characterized every coalition of Italian city-states; and soon the Imperialists were able to possess themselves of much of the country.

  • Sidenote: Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1808] French troops continued to cross the Pyrenees and to possess themselves of the whole Iberian peninsula.

  • They even attempted to possess themselves of the hatchets the sailors had brought on shore to cut wood, and were only made to desist by being fired upon.

  • After this, the Greeks determined in council to remove their camp some distance, to possess themselves of a place convenient for watering; because the springs near them were polluted and destroyed by the barbarian cavalry.

  • I knew of the attempt of the Americans to possess themselves of the heights, and I crossed over with them under favor of this disguise, determined to find death, combatting at the side of our gallant General.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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