people
noun
persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general.
peopled
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past participleof people.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof people.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
peoplenounpersons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general.
Example Sentences
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The village was peopled with "extraordinary, eccentric, cosmopolitan people, defeated by life", some of whom would later reappear in her fiction.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
The film is peopled by gaudy clichés in place of real human characters.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2024
And he peopled his novel with historical figures like Theodore Roosevelt, who was New York’s reforming police commissioner before his years in the White House.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2024
"We want Dina Boluarte to resign," said Julio Saldivar, a protester from Ayacucho, where a dozen peopled died in December.
From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2023
As she spoke, reality changed, the look of things altered, and the world became peopled with magical presences.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
