For effrontery of possessiveness is there anything that can exceed the nest-making, planet-populating, female, human woman?. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
Sometimes, she wondered if his possessiveness was the same that he might extend toward a horse or a rifle. From Wordnik.com. [Sweet Defiance] Reference
But it bespeaks a kind of possessiveness in modern studies: “This idea is only in the modern period, you can’t have it.”. From Wordnik.com. [井の中の蛙 » Relationship between Modern and Pre-modern studies » Print] Reference
A powerful shot of possessiveness went through him. From Wordnik.com. [Captivated by the Tycoon]
The possessiveness he exerted turned me on; he was playing. From Wordnik.com. [Tomas and the Book Shop] Reference
Understanding dawned, and with it, a primal possessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Captivated by the Tycoon]
He didn't bother disguising the possessiveness in his tone. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]]
There's possessiveness, which I've only recently discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
Gerard's arms tightened with a possessiveness that shook him. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
KING: In other words, this relationship has no possessiveness?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2007] Reference
His hands moved over her with the same frantic possessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [What Dreams May Come]
And are not force and possessiveness very closely connected with war?. From Wordnik.com. [Three Guineas] Reference
Power, authority, possessiveness -- we've all heard the pop psychology. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2006] Reference
But he did feel other things for her, desire, jealousy, possessiveness …. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
Sometimes your passions turn to possessiveness, which must be kept in check. From Wordnik.com. [pangsuan Diary Entry] Reference
The possessiveness tearing through him had a haze of red edging at his vision. From Wordnik.com. [Wicked Pleasures]
Why the flicker of jealousy, of — he had to admit — peevish possessiveness?. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]
Vasubandhu defined this root disturbing emotion as attachment or possessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Mind and Mental Factors: The Fifty-one Types of Subsidiary Awareness] Reference
I am sure this possessiveness is an attribute from the manufacturers themselves. From Wordnik.com. [What We Can Do] Reference
Maybe it's the casual possessiveness toward Clare, or the garden variety Marxism?. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traveler's Wife]
Essenden, a woman of great energy, great possessiveness and obtrusive helpfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
She remembered the woman she was then and the intense possessiveness she had felt. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting] Reference
Pigeons waddled with the type of possessiveness usually associated with politicians. From Wordnik.com. [Tell No One]
The possessiveness he felt toward her, the natural protectiveness, roared through him. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Alone]
When he spoke, the deep possessiveness of his voice actually sent a shiver through her. From Wordnik.com. [What Dreams May Come]
They commend his freedom from greed, his transparent non-possessiveness and generous self-giving. From Wordnik.com. [Archbishop Hosts Annual Inter Faith Lecture] Reference
But examining her feelings, Sophia recognized that there were both jealousy and possessiveness there. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
Tremayne chose to take it lightly, and I thought he must be well used to his son's acute possessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
His overprotectiveness had always irked, yet it was his dictatorial possessiveness that most frightened her. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Lover]
If you meet him on Monday and he can't do without you on Wednesday, that's not a good sign -- that over possessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2009] Reference
His gaze drifted over her, surreptitously drank her in; he again felt a surge of primitive emotion, a simple possessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
For her, Ferdinand had learned in his formative, impressionable years, love was self-absorption and manipulation and possessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
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