inhabitant
Example Sentences
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“It was chosen, hundreds of years ago, for the way its waters hold its inhabitants tight against its bones,” said Irian.
From Literature
Many more people live in federal and state prisons where private contractors often source the food and medical care, or receive easy labor from its inhabitants.
From Salon
Since the birth of the U.S., artists and entertainers have helped form a distinctly American culture that reflects the ideals, experiences and struggles of the country’s diverse inhabitants.
The nearest village, Powick, had “one pub for every two hundred and fifty-eight adult inhabitants.”
A Danish colony for three centuries, Greenland, which today has around 57,000 inhabitants, gradually gained autonomy in the second half of the 20th century.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
