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Example sentences for "inhabit"

Lexicographically close words:
ings; inguinal; ingulf; ingulfed; ingwa; inhabitable; inhabitant; inhabitantes; inhabitants; inhabitation
  1. As regards sacrifices and temples and festivals and sacred enclosures, the People sees that it is not possible for every poor citizen to do sacrifice and hold festival, or to set up (8) temples and to inhabit a large and beautiful city.

  2. Captain Bonneville at once concluded that these belonged to a kind of hermit race, scanty in number, that inhabit the highest and most inaccessible fastnesses.

  3. These birds inhabit the whole of that part of North-western Australia lying between the Prince Regent and Glenelg Rivers, and probably may be distributed over the greater portion of the Continent.

  4. It appears to me very probable that the same dark-coloured race inhabit the whole of Northern Australia, and perhaps extend over the islands in Torres Strait.

  5. How much better it would be," I thought, "to inhabit his body than my own!

  6. The panther is said to inhabit these forests in considerable numbers, and has not unfrequently been known to kill the horses of a camp.

  7. The Black-foot Indians who inhabit small rivers that empty into the Missouri, resemble in mode of living, manners, and character, the Calmuc Tartars.

  8. The Saxons who inhabit Gittelde, when smelting lead ore in a furnace not unlike a baking oven, put the wood in through a hole at the back of the furnace, and when it begins to burn vigorously the lead trickles out of the ore into a forehearth.

  9. The muses will not inhabit the abodes of voluptuousness and sensual pleasure.

  10. It can only belong to people of a certain rank, who live in a certain manner, with certain persons, who have not certain virtues, and who have certain vices, and who inhabit a certain part of the town.

  11. It may be asked how it is possible for any kind of creature to inhabit the solid substance of a rock, or of the crust of the earth.

  12. If it is sufficiently powerful to seize upon and inhabit some passing shell it frequently does so, as the possession of such a temporary home enables it to husband its dreadful resources more carefully.

  13. This has already been described as anything but a pleasant abiding-place, yet it is by no means the same for all those who are compelled for a time to inhabit it.

  14. The Saxons inhabit a more mountainous country; Württemberg and Baden are hilly; Bavaria is a land of beauty, diversified with lovely lakes and mountains.

  15. A number of Danes inhabit these duchies and have been irritated by the Prussian officials and officers into preserving their national feeling intact ever since 1866.

  16. Beasts of the field shall dwell there; owls shall inhabit the houses, ostriches shall make their home there, and the satyrs shall dance.

  17. Deer (caribou) are enumerated by Richardson among the animals said to inhabit Birch mountain west of lower Athabaska river.

  18. The Indians, on the other hand do not inhabit this tract because it is far from trading posts, and because there is no birch for them to make their canoes.

  19. And for the same cause, and by the force of tradition, the painter of to-day continues to inhabit and to paint it.

  20. We inhabit a dead ember swimming wide in the blank of space, dizzily spinning as it swims, and lighted up from several million miles away by a more horrible hell-fire than was ever conceived by the theological imagination.

  21. Our Indian experiment shows, however, that all men, however carefully selected and trained, must still inhabit 'the ostensible world.

  22. A name for Kuruvas, who inhabit Nanchinad in Travancore.

  23. For the following note on those who inhabit the Cardamom hills, I am indebted to Mr. Aylmer Ff.

  24. To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.

  25. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt.

  26. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America.

  27. No, madame; I have quitted the diplomatic service; I inhabit London now pour mon agrement.

  28. She objected that the fanatical Mohammedans of the Senoosi sect, who were said to inhabit the oasis in question, might cut our throats for dogs of infidels.

  29. And those which inhabit it being so base, what shall be the issue of such happiness, if their memory do not represent unto them some adversity that may betide them, according to the order of fortune?

  30. All the company thought it good to inhabit that country, because it was in a temperate climate (32 deg.

  31. In one of these (which of them is of no consequence) the earth which we inhabit is situated, surrounded by a sea and similar to an island.

  32. For, were it not for the inexhaustible abundance of this cheap and accessible firing, he could hardly inhabit this region.

  33. New Year fires appear to be commonly kindled among the Berbers who inhabit the western portion of the Great Atlas, and also among the Arabic-speaking tribes of the plains; but Dr.

  34. The ascription of medicinal power to fire kindled by the friction of wood is said to be especially characteristic of the Slavs who inhabit the Carpathian Mountains and the Balkan peninsula.

  35. The ritual of the Yule log is observed in a similar form by the Servians who inhabit the southern provinces of Austria.

  36. Among the Letts who inhabit the Baltic provinces of Russia the most joyful festival of the year is held on Midsummer Day.

  37. All are of small size, have smooth skins, normally greenish, but very changeable in color to adapt the creatures to the hue of their surroundings, as a protective device; and most of them inhabit trees.

  38. The trapdoor spiders are those of the genera Cteniza and Atypus which dig and inhabit vertical holes in the soil, lined with silk and closed at the top by a hinged stopper or "trapdoor.

  39. Most of them are sluggish, but some actively inhabit swift streams.

  40. They inhabit all sorts of country, too, as in other lands do the deer, of which Africa has none.

  41. Two or three species now inhabit the plains of central Asia--among them the swiftest mammal known, the Mongolian "orongo.

  42. They inhabit hollows in the trees or sometimes holes among their roots, and in summer make globular nests of leaves and twigs in which the young are nursed and trained.

  43. Two similar, but smaller, mustelines, the tayra and the grison, inhabit Central and South America.

  44. The most ancient of them in the style of their structure are certain little spotted creatures, like miniature deer in appearance, that inhabit the forests of western Africa and the Orient, and are known as chevrotains.

  45. Several ibises inhabit America, one of which is not uncommon along the border of the Gulf of Mexico, while another is noted for the splendid scarlet of its plumage.

  46. Trout are in most cases simply small species of salmon, and a great number of kinds inhabit the ocean, lakes, and rivers of all northern countries, for none of this great family occur in the tropics or in the southern hemisphere.

  47. Several species inhabit Africa and differ little from the Indian cobras, but are equally deadly.

  48. I don't know what magician enchanted this little island, or what his powers were, but I DO know that I can break any enchantment known to the ordinary witches and magicians that used to inhabit the Land of Oz.

  49. Gugu Forest is the home of most of the wild beasts that inhabit Oz.

  50. The biggest beasts inhabit the great forest, while the smaller ones live mostly in the mountain underbrush at the east.

  51. All must glorify his name, must reverence his station, and aid him to unlock the cities with the keys of My Name, the omnipotent Protector of all that inhabit the visible and invisible kingdoms.

  52. All must glorify his name, must reverence his station, and aid him to unlock the cities with the keys of My Name, the Omnipotent Protector of all that inhabit the visible and invisible kingdoms.

  53. For clearly did Tiresias say, that never, whilst thou dost inhabit this land, will the state be prosperous.

  54. Keep silence,[25] O ye that inhabit the twain rocks of the Euxine that face each other.

  55. For if I permitted this altar to be violated by force by a strange man, I shall not seem to inhabit a free country.

  56. Women of Trœzene, who inhabit this extreme frontier of the land of Pelops.

  57. For though it was in your power to inhabit this land and this house, bearing with gentleness the determination of thy superiors, by thy rash words thou shalt be banished from this land.

  58. I bring a tale that demands concern, of thee and of thy subjects, both those who inhabit the city of the Athenians, and the realms of the Trœzenian land.

  59. Some inhabit India, some tropical America, some Asia, and some Africa, so that the genus is represented in nearly all the warmer parts of the world.

  60. Many tribes which inhabit the banks of the Nile make simple boats, or rather rafts, of the papyrus, which they cut and tie in bundles; and it is worthy of notice that the Australian native makes a reed boat in almost exactly the same manner.

  61. Beside these creatures there are the Dormice, several species of which animal inhabit Palestine at the present day.

  62. We now come to the Turtle Doves, several of which inhabit the Holy Land; but, as they are similar in habits, we will confine ourselves to the common species, with which we are so familiar in this country.

  63. When the nets have been properly set, the beaters make a wide circuit through the country, gradually advancing towards the fatal spot, and driving before them all the wild animals that inhabit the neighbourhood.

  64. We now see that the To or Teo must be an animal which is captured by means of nets, and therefore must inhabit spots wherein the toils can be used.

  65. Besides the species of bats that have been described, it is probable that representatives of several more families of bats inhabit Palestine.

  66. The Sheat-fishes inhabit rivers in many parts of the world, and often grow to a very considerable size.

  67. There are many species of Porcupines which inhabit different parts of the world, but that which has been mentioned is the common Porcupine of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

  68. But it is partly gregarious in its habits, living together in small families, seven or eight being sometimes found to inhabit a single dwelling-place.

  69. The Common Jerboa (Dipus AEgyptiacus) is plentiful in Palestine, and several other species inhabit the same country, known at once by their long and slender legs, which give them so curious a resemblance to the kangaroos of Australia.


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