dweller

Example Sentences

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I am also a city dweller who has thoroughly enjoyed not owning or maintaining a vehicle for the last decade.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

The cameras are on Purnell’s Lucy MacLean, a sheltered former Vault dweller who’s traveled from the California coast to New Vegas in pursuit of her father.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

The self-confessed "urban dweller" admitted setting off with a tent, stove and a blow-up pillow was a daunting prospect.

From BBC • May 4, 2025

For one, viral proteins bore the hallmarks of a longtime hot spring dweller: They tended to have shorter loops and be more tightly packed than proteins adapted to milder conditions.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 8, 2024

The Near East became the cradle of civilization: to be civilized, after all, means to live as a citizen, a town dweller.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson