inhabitants
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“In an experience like this, you’re alone with the inhabitants of the world, and they’re all there as part of your hallucination, your dream and your journey,” Neiden says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The economy of the state, with 3 million inhabitants and significant corn and tomato crops, has declined due to the violence.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“The inhabitants of Zvernec have a message for Rama,” she added, standing up a little taller.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
When Alicia enters the Nazis’ sumptuous Rio house to spy on its inhabitants, she is greeted by Schumann piano music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
According to their own tales they were the original inhabitants and were the descendants of the first Men that ever wandered into the West of the middle-world.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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