Inhabiting
[in'hæbitɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inhabit
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Examples
- He only knew that there was a dark place, and something inhabiting this darkness which issued from time to time and rent him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We see the same principle in the character of most of the blind animals inhabiting the caves of America and of Europe. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- They involve interdependencies and cooperation among the peoples inhabiting different countries. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- If the plants inhabiting a country as described in any Flora, be divided into two equal masses, all those in the larger genera (i. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- For the three first days of our inhabiting this garret, we really ran the risk of being starved, as it was impossible to procure any attendance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The different orders of insects inhabiting Madeira present nearly parallel cases. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Artists and mechanics, inhabiting and working in open towns. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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