had peopled
- past perfect of people.
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
But Cyprus lay far away beyond the sea which washed the borders of Venetia, and many of Oriental race had peopled its shores—the ideals of Venice might be no law for Cyprus.
From The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.
In beholding it, she appeared to be looking through it into some strange land, the abode of the fairies and elves and mermaids with which her imagination had peopled it.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Stables, Gordon
He had peopled but few worlds with those wonderfully precious creations—the children of the brain.
From The Survivor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
