How to use "possessed" in a sentence

Cosette had brought her letter case and blotter with her, Valjean his box of child's clothing and the old National Guard uniform which all respectable men possessed, and which he had worn under a previous identity.

Again, she was possessed by the haunting feeling that her child was alive

The hotel possessed an amazing wealth of information about its most favored customers

Unfortunately, George Alexander, chief of the Nevada bureau of the Network, hadn't possessed the patience or the skill to determine the woman's true motives