inhabitants

Example Sentences

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Fires of such magnitude are rare on Santa Rosa so its inhabitants haven’t evolved with them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Like many of Walterboro’s roughly 5,400 inhabitants, she described Hill as a quintessential Southern belle—churchgoing, God-fearing and ready with a smile or an offer of sweet tea.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Reactive evacuation measures, for example, saved 96% of Japanese inhabitants when the major tsunami struck the Tōhoku coast on March 11 2011.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

"There were no weapons in the building. There was no political activity. There was no reason to destroy this building and its inhabitants," Sabbagh said.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Terrorized Berlin inhabitants crowded into cellars, subways, underground bunkers, and concrete flak towers.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti