resident

Example Sentences

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Christine Gast, a New Jersey resident who shops for her five nephews, is big on thrift stores, especially for the clothes and stuffed animals she purchases to fill out those baskets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Brown, of course, was neither a citizen nor a resident of Virginia.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Clapham resident Aisling said it was scary but added that any number of people in a big group was scary, no matter the age.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The country’s resident tennis prodigy, Jannik Sinner, has four major titles and counting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“Impossible! I am an old resident in this neighbourhood, sir, and I never heard of a Mrs. Rochester at Thornfield Hall.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë