How to Use denizen in a Sentence

denizen

noun
  • Rather, Chinese denizens are traveling less and staying closer to home.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The truth is, these hardy denizens of the garden fringes are often important to the environment.
    Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2016
  • Link is also changed into a wolf, and a cheeky denizen of the Twilight realm known as Midna teams up with him to set things right.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • First described by Aristotle, the carnivorous calamari – believed to grow as long as two semi trucks placed end to end – is an elusive denizen of the deep ocean.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Nov. 1998
  • Australian drone pilot Adam Lancaster was kicking around the skies the other day when his buzzing quad just happened upon another denizen of the skies.
    Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2015
  • On a spring afternoon last year at an outdoor café in San Francisco, two denizens of the tech community sketched out their strategy for a startup.
    Nina Burleigh, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2015
  • Most are denizens of the bright and hot sun in just about any middle-of-the-road soil.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Just two blocks from the ocean and named for the waves, White Cap seems poised to become a haunt for the denizens of Ocean Beach.
    Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Style caught up with a couple of the Napa denizens featured in the book.
    Catherine Bigelow, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Dec. 2017
  • His rapport with the denizens of the neighborhood is clear.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2019
  • But the memo hasn’t been received by denizens of the digital world.
    Craig Timberg, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
  • But that doesn’t mean the show doesn’t include your favorite denizens of Ooo!
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The two are not the only Tinseltown denizens caught up in the scandal.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Summer is far from over, at least as far as the denizens of Cousins Beach are concerned.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 7 Aug. 2023
  • They are also meant to fight off denizens of the deep, like sharks and other predators.
    Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 27 Jan. 2020
  • This is Pan, minor Greek deity, denizen of fields, flocks and forests.
    William A. Wallace, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
  • For the first time in years, denizens of the Golden State may be able do both deep into summer.
    Hugo Martin, latimes.com, 19 May 2017
  • The city's denizens have spent the last few years getting reacquainted with their home.
    Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2023
  • As one of the show’s Minnesotan denizens might put it, Fargo season 4 looks like a heck of a doozy.
    Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The campus and its temporary denizens feel like a city too.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Denizens of the ivory tower are rarely nuanced in their statements about Charles and David Koch.
    Naomi Schaefer Riley, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2017
  • Some bought beer to lug home; other loyal denizens bellied up to the bar.
    Greg Trotter, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2017
  • With little else to do, a favourite pastime of its denizens was to share stories.
    A.a.k. | Mumbai, The Economist, 12 June 2019
  • The movie involves a revolt by denizens of the train's rear compartments.
    Patrick Cooley, cleveland.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • For the denizens of Robeson County in North Carolina, this is the lie they have been fed for the past five years.
    Nick Martin, The New Republic, 7 Oct. 2019
  • This denizen of Beantown hadn’t passed out from the drink, however.
    Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2018
  • A lot of writers think there are all these crusty old denizens of the '60s who liked the Mothers and are just waiting to see them again.
    George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • For the third row denizens there is the unexpected legroom and easy access.
    Al Haas, Philly.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Not all downtown denizens are supportive of the changes.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2019
  • Just one year ago, Pokémon Go was let loose upon the hapless denizens of Earth.
    Sebastian Anthony, Ars Technica, 5 July 2017

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