peopled

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The village was peopled with "extraordinary, eccentric, cosmopolitan people, defeated by life", some of whom would later reappear in her fiction.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

The film is peopled by gaudy clichés in place of real human characters.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2024

The system of transporting criminals to Siberia has proved, the more the territory became peopled with voluntary settlers, prejudicial to Siberia itself.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

"The Palace", a comedy set in a Swiss hotel peopled with a cast of grotesque characters, stars Mickey Rourke, John Cleese, Oliver Masucci, Fanny Ardant and Joaquim De Almeida.

From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2023

Helene and her daughter entered a coach peopled by some twenty white men and women.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison