tenanting
Example Sentences
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I lost myself in conjectures as to what sort of people might be tenanting that lonely edifice, and whether they knew any thing about us.
From Redburn. His First Voyage by Herman Melville
As a rule, the motive for the reappearance on earth of a spirit lately tenanting a mortal body, is found in some neglected duty.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
Now again he may be found at times tenanting huts, or the forms of shelter which are supposed to represent them.
From Above the Snow Line by Clinton Thomas Dent
The lawyer or artist tenanting its chambers, whether in the new building or the old, when asked where he was to be found, invariably replied,—At the Apostles'.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
I have three strong reasons: First, as I told you, it is the only thing that will cleanse your heart of bitterness and leave it free for the tenanting of a great and holy love.
From The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter
