people
noun
persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general.
have peopled
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present perfectof people.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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These examples from classic texts intimately depict refugees' challenges through characters who have peopled our imagination.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2022
For the holidays they have peopled the place with choirs, Bob Hope, the Apollo 12 astronauts and more than 6,000 other Americans, renowned and unknown.
From Time Magazine Archive
Morrie Ryskind and Eric Hatch have peopled Irene's world with the most completely realistic set of rich crazy people seen on the screen for some time.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have loved thee; and in my days both of happiness and sorrow I have peopled your solitudes with wild fancies of my own creation.
From Mathilda by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I felt as if I would like to have peopled that grand and empty convent with inspired men and printing-presses.
From Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott
