How to Use inhabit in a Sentence

inhabit

verb
  • This part of the country is inhabited by native tribes.
  • Several hundred species of birds inhabit the island.
  • The novel is inhabited by a cast of eccentric characters.
  • There is a romantic quality that inhabits all her paintings.
  • Most of the time, these are two squads that barely inhabit the same sport.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022
  • That seems like a lot to inhabit with your one small body within the space of a few years.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Yet part of our job is to gauge, and sometimes even inhabit, the mind of the normie voter.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The city of her mind is a very comfortable world to inhabit.
    Avantika Shankar, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The landlord that owned the space in Shaw that the group had inhabited for decades wanted them out.
    Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • All of that was a cakewalk compared to having to inhabit the mind of a killer for six months.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 13 May 2022
  • For the majority of the year, the crabs inhabit forests.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 11 July 2024
  • The idea is that Method actors inhabit their characters all the way, all the time.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Unlike with a green screen, actors can see the world that they’re meant to inhabit.
    Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Half of the 56 properties are inhabited and no longer owned by the city.
    Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The Dalios’ lawyer said the apartment is owned and inhabited by Mr. Dalio’s children.
    Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • The true mystique is being able to build a world people want to inhabit.
    Guy Trebay, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The power couple worked to restore and re-inhabit the city.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2022
  • The guy whose body was briefly inhabited by Death at the beginning of the play is Emilio (Caleb Eberhardt).
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • They have been found on the peak of Mount Everest and in creatures inhabiting the deepest trenches of the sea.
    Lex Harvey, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The film centers around a house, China Court, and the family that inhabits it.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Thomas coined the term in her book’s title through her work as activist for both the planet and the humans who inhabit it.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022
  • But close inspection reveals a home that is frayed at the edges, like the couple that inhabits it.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Now, Paul Rudd has the distinction of being the first actor on this show to inhabit two roles….
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 29 Oct. 2024
  • And you guys inhabit them, and you guys demand certain ones.
    Sarah Michaud, PEOPLE.com, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The most beautiful spaces, for Falconer, are the ones that evolve to fit the needs of the people who inhabit them.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
  • In Homer’s Odyssey, the nearby waters were inhabited by the Sirens, who beckoned sailors to their deaths.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 9 July 2024
  • Rather than simply prepare him for the movie, Sale wanted Majors to inhabit the essence of a fighter and taught him how to box.
    Clover Hope, Men's Health, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Richard Gere plays the present-day Leonard, while Elordi inhabits the character’s younger self.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 May 2024
  • For Poitier, acting was a site of play, a way to inhabit lives unavailable to him.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2022
  • In March of that year, the start of the Covid-19 pandemic prompted a series of lockdowns that initially prevented workers from inhabiting the space.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024

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