people
noun
persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general.
is peopling
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present progressiveof people (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In the Rhine lands Luther taught, and Robinson of Leyden lived and prayed; and from those lands to-day comes the great emigration that is peopling the golden empire of America in the West.
From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Hezekiah Butterworth
The gospel is peopling the world with men.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
As a pendant to this, we may mention something connected with the originals of that other continent which our race is peopling at the antipodes.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
