Example sentences for: inhabit

How can you use “inhabit” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A countryside visit to Barra de Potosí, located 21 km (14 miles) south of Zihuatanejo offers a chance to see a small fishing village, coconut and mango plantations, and a lagoon known for the numerous tropical birds that inhabit it.

  • Owls and the obligatory kiskadee inhabit the woodlands.

  • The tail-less Barbary apes that inhabit the Rock are natives of North Africa, descended from monkeys brought over by sailors as pets and ships’ mascots.

  • Yiddish is especially versatile in describing those poor souls who inhabit the world of the ineffectual, and each is assigned a distinct place in the gallery of pathetic types: schmo, schmendrik, schnook, schmegegge, schlep, schlub, schmuck, putz, klutz, kvetch , and nudnik . Yiddish easily coins new names for new personalities: a nudnik is a `pest'; a phudnik is a `nudnik with a Ph.D.' The rich nuances that suffuse this roll call are seen in the timeless distinction between a schlemiel `clumsy jerk' and a schlimazel `habitual loser': the schlemiel inevitably trips and spills his hot soup—all over the schlimazel.

  • They inhabit the near-boiling water of geysers in Yellowstone, and the even hotter water in volcanic vents on the ocean floor.


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