feel possessive

Frequency: 7.514.1 per million words

To experience the feeling of wanting to have or control someone or something.

possessiveVERB + possessive

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feel

Examples (10)

  • Why should he feel so possessive about some old photos?
  • She started to feel possessive of her new puppy.
  • It's natural to feel a little possessive about your personal space.
  • He would often feel possessive whenever his girlfriend talked to other men.
  • After spending so much time on the project, I began to feel quite possessive of it.
  • Don't feel too possessive about your ideas; collaboration is key.
  • Although she tried not to, she couldn't help but feel possessive towards her younger sister.
  • Do you ever feel possessive about your favorite book or movie?
  • The artist tended to feel possessive over every detail of his work.
  • Sometimes, when you invest a lot of effort, you might feel possessive of the outcome.