- present participle of inhabit.
inhabiting
Example Sentences
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Studies have even shown that inhabiting a character increases one’s ability to see from others’ perspectives.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
By 1956 the father of two sons had developed the “mystic conviction that he was inhabiting the wrong body.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
The man who left Scotland with just enough cash to place a wild bet on himself still appreciates the pay-offs from inhabiting this high-pressure world where his healing hands can provide a critical assist.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Halliday: I physically was a different character when I was in the scenes in Toronto versus when I was in Gilead because I was inhabiting the space in a very different way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
What I am paid to do is to observe him in a rigorous present tense, as a subject dynamically inhabiting a scene, as a phenomenon of study.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
