inhabitants
Example Sentences
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Losing Catherine to Edgar, the heir of Thrushcross Grange, prompts Heathcliff, the perpetual outsider, to vow vengeance; he maneuvers to gain financial control of both houses with the aim of destroying each one’s inhabitants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Fires of such magnitude are rare on Santa Rosa so its inhabitants haven’t evolved with them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The new wardens of a tiny island with only a handful of human inhabitants say moving there full-time has been a "dream come true".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Reactive evacuation measures, for example, saved 96% of Japanese inhabitants when the major tsunami struck the Tōhoku coast on March 11 2011.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The inhabitants of number twelve were never seen by anybody in the surrounding houses, and nor was number twelve itself.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
