dwellers

Example Sentences

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And yet, most city dwellers would rather bloom where they’re planted.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Bilt partnered with thousands of property managers to provide a system for renters to pay rent without transaction fees and to earn points along the way, helping Bilt find a following among well-heeled city dwellers.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

In Zaporizhzhia, a frontline city home to 750,000 people, almost three-quarters of residents rely on central heating, according to Maksym Rohalsky, the head of the local association of apartment block dwellers.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Two-thirds of Americans have a family member with the disease, a proportion that is similar across rural, urban and suburban dwellers, and across Black, Latino and white respondents.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Working nights, I spent my days in experimental writing, filling endless pages with stream-of-consciousness Negro dialect, trying to depict the dwellers of the Black Belt as I felt and saw them.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright