inhabit
verb (used with object)
to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals.
had inhabited
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past perfectof inhabit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The authorities have not divulged which inmates had inhabited the luxury accommodation, nor said what will happen to them now.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
In 1882, the Havasupai people were removed from the Grand Canyon plateau, which they had inhabited for centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Initially they continued making the menu items from the Middle Eastern joint that had inhabited the space before them, but Socorro soon pivoted to the cuisine of her homeland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2025
In the Caucasus, where Russia vied with the Ottoman and Persian empires for power, the Muslim Circassians, who had inhabited the area for millennia, resisted Russian domination.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
True, he belonged to that category of people whose ancestors had inhabited the Western Hemisphere for thousands of years.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
