tenanting

Example Sentences

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In London, Stevenson appeared now and again at the Savile Club, then tenanting a rather gloomy little house in Savile Row.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

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 Sikes, Wirt

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 Dent, Clinton Thomas

Here they are not ignored, because, whatever the cause or causes of the phenomena, they would buttress, if they did not originate, the savage belief in spirits tenanting inanimate matter, whence came Fetishism.

From The Making of Religion by Lang, Andrew

Peace and tranquillity being thus established on a firm basis, the several families tenanting our roof settle themselves snugly down.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas