people
noun
persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general.
had peopled
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past perfectof people.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The sheer number of crossing opportunities surprised Dr. Manica, given the robust evidence suggesting that only the recent mass exodus had peopled the world with Homo sapiens.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
The language it recorded was equally unknown: many ethnic groups had peopled the Bronze Age Aegean, and there was no way to tell which had produced the tablets.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2011
The words of the anthem had rung in his ears like a trumpet in the night, they had peopled and painted his dream.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps
It must mean that the forgotten wizard king, Illar, had peopled his sinister, twilight land with the ancestors of today's dryland dwellers.
From The Tree of Life by C. L. (Catherine Lucile) Moore
Of those who had peopled the canoes starting for the up-river summer camps in July, many a face would now be absent when the Crees returned for this year's trade.
From The Whelps of the Wolf by George P. Marsh
