Examples of inhabit in a Sentence

Several hundred species of birds inhabit the island. This part of the country is inhabited by native tribes. There is a romantic quality that inhabits all her paintings. The novel is inhabited by a cast of eccentric characters.

Recent Examples on the Web The depressions there gather water seasonally, and shrimp inhabit these pools from spring to fall when there’s enough water. — AccessAtlanta, 17 June 2022 Made mostly of pH-neutral cement, stainless steel, and basalt, the sculpture provides an artificial reef that encourages coral growth and provides a novel place for marine life to colonize and inhabit while steering tourists away from natural reefs. — Ross Kenneth Urken, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2022 Suffice it to say that the overwhelmingly white professional-class women who don these costumes don’t inhabit a country on the verge of becoming a theocracy or even a patriarchy, but an oligarchy—the harms of which they’ll be relatively spared from. — Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 5 May 2022 Shame, as Flanagan sometimes appears to forget, is an effective weapon only when it is brandished against those who already inhabit a shared ethical universe. — Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022 Avedon awakens people to the fact that worlds need not be engaged as the builders intended, that they’re largely constructed by those who inhabit them. — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Thomas coined the term in her book’s title through her work as activist for both the planet and the humans who inhabit it. — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022 And the longer a brine can remain unfrozen, the more stability the mixture provides to whatever life-forms might decide to inhabit it. — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2021 How did that help your understanding of the character and your ability to inhabit him? — Noah Hurowitz, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021 See More

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