habitant

Example Sentences

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France consumes about 2.2 pounds of mustard a year per habitant, making it the world’s largest consumer.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2022

The habitant women in their dusty-black Sunday clothes still knelt to pray in ancient Chapelle des Augustines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although Noah was a Confederate Veteran and Edgar was born in Virginia, the Judge is a Republican and a habitant of Oklahoma City.

From Time Magazine Archive

The old rocking chair, long a symbol of comfort and repose in every habitant farmhouse, was transformed into a device of frenzy and fatigue in Quebec last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Importunate above measure grew the question, barely displaced in the full flood of discovery: Was the unseen habitant familiar here? present here by some secret, easier ingress?

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence