Occupant

Examples

• The metallic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily closing the door of his safe upon its terrible occupant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Its sole occupant lay prone upon a low couch at the further side, apparently in sleep. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Sitting in front of the fire, with his back towards him, was a tallish gentleman in a greatcoat: the only other occupant of the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The occupant of the pew in the hall, having said thus much, stirs the fire and leaves the triumvirate to warm themselves. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The sunset struck so brilliantly into the travelling carriage when it gained the hill-top, that its occupant was steeped in crimson. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It might or might not bite the occupant, perhaps she might escape every night for a week, but sooner or later she must fall a victim. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Neither of the two had been there since its present occupant had had possession of it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I examined first, the parlour, and then its occupant. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The coffee-room had no other occupant, that forenoon, than the gentleman in brown. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Whatever shape or function anyone desires in a desk may be met, except, perhaps, the performance of the actual work of the occupant. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He rose with the rest, and surveyed the occupants of the boxes grandly with his opera-glass. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The names of the occupants were painted at the bottom on the wall, but there was no such name as the Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He then knocked at the doors of two other similar rooms, and introduced me to their occupants, by name Drummle and Startop. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• A strange place was this humble kitchen for such occupants! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I divined that my coming had stopped conversation in the room, and that its other occupants were looking at me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In these the occupants were fully secure from the shells of the navy, which were dropped into the city night and dav without intermission. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The other occupants of the room, five in number, were all females, and they were still sleeping, piled high with a motley array of silks and furs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Charles I, who was probably one of the meanest and most treacherous occupants the English throne has ever known, was frightened by the London crowds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The occupants of the dining-room listened too, and not merely now to the flow of the mill-stream. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Moffats were very fashionable, and simple Meg was rather daunted, at first, by the splendor of the house and the elegance of its occupants. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The former occupants of the kitchen now withdrew into the parlour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The present occupants of Mars Saba, about seventy in number, are all hermits. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Then, having inquired as to the occupants of the Hall, you will come back to me and report. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

Inputed by Elsa