inhabitant

inhabitant
01. Antarctica's [inhabitants] number about 1,000 people in winter, and about 2,000 in summer.
02. There are no rivers or lakes on the islands of Bermuda, so the [inhabitants] must use rain for water.
03. In our universe, there are thousands of millions of planets which have all the conditions necessary to make them [habitable] by known life forms.
04. Native tribes have [inhabited] this island for over 4,000 years.
05. The first [inhabitants] of the village were all killed by disease.
06. John Berger once said that when we read a story, we [inhabit] it.
07. Gail Godwin once suggested that actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to [inhabit].
08. James Garfield once said that territory is but the body of a nation. The people who [inhabit] its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
09. Few people know that during the American revolution, more [inhabitants] of the American colonies fought for the British than for the revolutionary army.
10. According to an old myth, the city of London was founded by Brutus the Trojan, who together with his warriors defeated the original [inhabitants] of Britain, a race of giants.
11. A Hebrew proverb states that there are three things that attract: a house for its [inhabitants], a woman for her spouse, and a bargain for a customer.
12. The original [inhabitants] of North America were the native people.
13. To a great extent, women and men [inhabit] their own social worlds.
14. The expedition to Jupiter has proven that the planet is [inhabited] by tiny, monkey-men with two heads, and a long, curly tail.
15. I read somewhere that there is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight [inhabitants].
16. Some scientists fear that inaction on reducing global warming could eventually make our planet [uninhabitable].
17. Claude Helvetius once said that to limit the press is to insult a nation, and to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the [inhabitants] to be either fools or slaves.
18. In July of 1987, an eight-pound baby boy born in Yugoslavia was proclaimed the five billionth [inhabitant] of Earth.
19. The continent of Antarctica has no indigenous [inhabitants].
20. Humans and their ancestors have [inhabited] the African continent for over four million years.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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