people
noun
persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general.
are peopling
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present progressiveof people.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Standing in Glen Lui, and remembering how fast we are peopling Australia and the Oregon, one's mind becomes confused about the laws of emigration and colonisation.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various
It's our guilty consciences that are peopling the shadows with goblins.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by Harold MacGrath
