inhabit
verb
in·hab·it
in-ˈha-bət 
inhabited; inhabiting; inhabits
1
: to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat : live in
inhabit a small house
2
: to be present in or occupy in any manner or form
the human beings who inhabit this tale—
Al Newman
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archaic
: to have residence in a place : dwell
inhabiter
noun
Examples of inhabit in a Sentence
Several hundred species of birds inhabit the island.
This part of the country is inhabited by native tribes.
There is a romantic quality that inhabits all her paintings.
The novel is inhabited by a cast of eccentric characters.
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Some, like the gray reef shark and blacktip shark, inhabit coral reefs.
—Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2025
Wells’s great mind inhabited a small set of rooms in the six-story Tuckerman Building on Washington Square.
—Henry Wiencek
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Need to know: Disappearance of Neanderthals Neanderthals inhabited Europe and Asia beginning about 400,000 years ago—but by roughly 40,000 years ago, physical evidence of them vanishes from the archaeological record.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
Jolene Jolene inhabits Brick and Mortar, a chef incubator space inside Pullman Yards.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 July 2025
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Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2025
Wells’s great mind inhabited a small set of rooms in the six-story Tuckerman Building on Washington Square.
—Henry Wiencek
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Need to know: Disappearance of Neanderthals Neanderthals inhabited Europe and Asia beginning about 400,000 years ago—but by roughly 40,000 years ago, physical evidence of them vanishes from the archaeological record.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
Jolene Jolene inhabits Brick and Mortar, a chef incubator space inside Pullman Yards.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for inhabit
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“Inhabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inhabit. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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