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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He found the social rules and structure of working life easier to navigate but would often feel "bombarded" and "peopled out" by the end of a long day.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
The film is peopled by gaudy clichés in place of real human characters.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2024
This is the problem Ava Chin is up against in her sensitive, ambitious, well-reported, heavily peopled yet curiously remote memoir-cum-history, “Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
"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
Helene and her daughter entered a coach peopled by some twenty white men and women.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
