The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.    From LearnThat.org.  [Van Wyck Brooks (1886-1963)]

possessive pronouns.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A possessive parent.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

To make the word possessive, you add an apostrophe and an "s" (rope's).    From Wordnik.com.  [Arianna Huffington: Arianna's Grammar Pet Peeve: The Apostrophe Crisis] Reference

Oh, wait…what’s that marginalization term possessive individualists use…statist?.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Post Today « Climate Audit] Reference

For Kilpatrick, the friend of … part of the phrase establishes possession, and thus the ‘s possessive is redundant.    From Wordnik.com.  [2008 February « Motivated Grammar] Reference

There is a clear sense that the kind of possessive individualism he confronted was morally unworthy of America's promise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Linda Hirshman: Liberal Principles II: People Are Political Animals] Reference

But the important detail about the kind of possessive pronoun that I have in mind is reciprocity: If I have a friend, she has a friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Clinton on Hillary Clinton: "Everything I'm saying here is my wife's position, not just mine."] Reference

• The word 'possessive' comes from the word 'possess'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Thus Perl provides the "possessive" quantifier form as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference

Your and you're: "Your" is possessive, meaning belonging to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference

He's kind of possessive and stuff, whereas Jacob seems more fun to be around.    From Wordnik.com.  [EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines] Reference

The soul's desires for personal immortality is one of the aspects of the soul's "possessive" instinct.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complex Vision] Reference

I also think, when people are contemplating marriage, there's a 'possessive' thing that goes on sometimes too.    From Wordnik.com.  [doggdot.us] Reference

Mr Boyle claims the "possessive" Lester became jealous of Ms Lester's relationship with family friend Alisdair Morrison.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

The 34-year-old club promoter allegedly claimed Woods pursued her for four months before they got involved and was very 'possessive' and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

The possessive plural of such terms is not used.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

Illustrate the Cautions relating to possessive forms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

How is the possessive of nouns in the singular formed?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

The connecting pronoun is here a possessive modifier of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

English are nominative, possessive (genitive), and objective.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

If an article precedes the possessive, the sign is repeated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

The pronoun with "al" is sometimes used instead of the possessive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians] Reference

Some have said that our possessive ending is a remnant of the pronoun.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

Yet Balanchine himself seemed anything but possessive about his work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balanchine's Hit Parade] Reference

The principal use of the apostrophe is to denote the possessive case.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference

Others were obstinate or possessive, quarrelsome, rancorous, or selfish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lea Lane: You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Need to Repent] Reference

A noun or pronoun used as possessive modifier is in the possessive case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

Most religions are not, in their best light, seen as closed or possessive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Anderson: The Case for Blending Church and State] Reference

+Noun Modifier+ explanatory (appositive) explanatory of a sentence possessive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

The man in blue slides his hand along her leg in a possessive yet gentle manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into the Mirror] Reference

Give and illustrate the principles which guide in the use of the possessive forms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

I never took it upon myself to feel possessive in the least when it came to my sister.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Puppet Maker] Reference

You get possessive about your spots though everyone has the same claim on them, I suppose.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Woods] Reference

An adjective or a possessive modifier precedes its noun, and an explanatory modifier follows it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

Still possessive of toys but may give up objects that belong to someone else. 22 months oldInteraction.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bundle Of Emotions] Reference