populate

Example Sentences

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The sparsely populated, heavily forested north-west of Spain is used to wildfires, although during this record-breaking year, the area was particularly severely affected.

From BBC

Humanity, which has gained the capability of time travel, lives among the clouds, collecting extinct flora from the past to populate lush, green gardens on elevated platforms while Earth undergoes a healing process below.

From Los Angeles Times

My calculations established that for this to be true, “Deep Throat” would have had to sell tickets to enough customers to populate the entire United States one and a half times over.

From Los Angeles Times

You might expect that small-town, independent theaters would be the first ones to close, but several local theaters in sparsely populated North Dakota towns are still holding on, fighting to keep rural Main Streets alive.

From Salon

The extreme Santa Ana winds rapidly spread fires whose ignition points were in a worst-case locations — just upwind of heavily populated areas.

From Los Angeles Times