peopled

Example Sentences

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He found the social rules and structure of working life easier to navigate but would often feel "bombarded" and "peopled out" by the end of a long day.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

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

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2024

And he peopled his novel with historical figures like Theodore Roosevelt, who was New York’s reforming police commissioner before his years in the White House.

From New York Times • May 24, 2024

Muñoz’s stories are peopled by furtive figures who grapple with survival and loss.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2023

In the form of lovely youths and maidens they peopled the woodland, the forest, the rivers, the sea, in harmony with the fair earth and the bright waters.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton