inhabit
verb (used with object)
to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals.
had been inhabiting
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past perfect progressiveof inhabit.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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"These settlers built communities alongside the American Indian tribes who had been inhabiting Louisisna since at least 700 BCE," Martin writes of the Spanish and French settlers who'd colonized Louisiana.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
The ad did not specify exactly which era the pageant had entered, nor which era it had been inhabiting for the past century.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2018
In that brief space of time she had realised that she had been inhabiting a fool's paradise.
From The Gambler A Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston
