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

One such garage dweller, Irma Portillo, had been living in a two-car garage in Pacoima for five years with her three children, her late brother’s two children and her mother — seven people in all.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

Ella plays Lucy MacLean, a vault dweller raised underground in a protective bunker.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

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

But the world of sons has changed; it’s more likely to be the boys now with that baffled look, like a night dweller gone blind in sunlight.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood