How to Use resident in a Sentence

resident

1 of 2 adjective
  • Several tribes are resident in this part of the country.
  • Or the resident lounge and pool room?
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Other things to look out for are resident rates.
    — Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Dessert in hand, sit on a dock, dip your feet in the water, and watch the lake’s resident swans.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2026
  • To view a map of available schools for resident parking, click here.
    — Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Keep an eye out for the resident penguin sculptures, too!
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2026
  • Fran Ruiz is our resident Star Wars guy.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Fran Ruiz is our resident Star Wars guy.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Fran Ruiz is our resident Star Wars guy.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Fran Ruiz is our resident Star Wars guy.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Čikat Bay is named for its resident cicadas, or so I was told.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
  • What remains to be seen is if Forest Lodge has a resident ghost.
    — Stephanie Petit, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Traffic stops are less frequent and systems have been set up to hear resident complaints.
    — Kelly Puente, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • In some cases, others can be buried after paying a non-resident fee.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • For every two non-resident students who enrolled, the study found, one in-state student was shut out.
    — Jeffrey Selingo, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The southern zoo has two resident sun bears – Xander and Sabah.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • That's nice, but also irrelevant if the debtor is not resident in one of those states (and maybe not even then).
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Heck, we even got head-butted together by the resident sheep one evening (now that’s real bonding).
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Denise worked as a resident manager in the apartment building where the couple lived on the third floor.
    — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
  • One of the young beavers appears to have paired up with a resident beaver who already lived a bit downstream, Cook said.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • If passed, the ordinance will likely not have much resident support.
    — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026
  • An on-site spa, two award-winning restaurants, and a pack of resident llamas and alpacas make this an all-around unique stay.
    — Andrea Bussell, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The father of both litters is Goomba, the resident male capybara at the zoo.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Also, there’s a resident ghost named Charlie.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
  • Guests can try their hand at rice planting or bathing the resident water buffalo (a pampered pink-and-black pair).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026
  • The amenities include two resident lounges, a co-working space and a fitness center.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Avid bird watchers can try to spot all 25 different species of the resident wood warblers.
    — Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Its nature center features resident free-range duck Frankie.
    — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2026
  • Robb says that deprived Big Oaks of its resident fire-management team.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • The city made little effort to gather resident input.
    — Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025

resident

2 of 2 noun
  • Could make for some grumpy residents around Foxboro.
    — Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
  • Sherrill urged residents to stay home and off the roads.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Between a third and a half of the residents have yet to return.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • All five residents of the family made it out of the house alive.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026
  • Michigan residents don't have to look far.
    — Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The company will pick up items like yard and food waste from residents.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But the former residents who have been abused say they have been left to fend for themselves.
    — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Some residents believe the trees will block public views of the ocean.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Each room has an open space with chairs set up to face each other so residents can mingle.
    — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • On offense, the village was full of big-play residents.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The 74-year-old Lochbuie resident doesn’t like crowds.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The last residents occupied the house four years ago.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • And how do residents of these small towns feel about the influx of visitors each year?
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
  • With so few residents, there are simply too few people for all the jobs that need doing.
    — NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Now there were only white residents and new fears of an immigrant threat.
    — Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Our job was to listen to parents and residents tell their story.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Moore said another resident chased a man driving a white van from the area in the overnight hours.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Astra said its claim was based on an analysis of video from residents.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Astra said its claim was based on an analysis of footage from residents.
    — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • This far exceeds what most most residents of the region can afford.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 July 2023
  • Online videos showed fighting among residents in the streets and in grocery stores to grab food.
    — Nicole Hong, New York Times, 24 June 2023
  • Keeping long-term residents in place matters just as much as building new.
    — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • Many of the residents have lost their belongings.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Davis urged residents not to leave keys or key fobs inside vehicles.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • Thousands of residents fled their homes under falling snow and shell fire.
    — Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • It could be moved to another place where crowds wouldn’t bother residents.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Our 39 million residents are counting on us to have their backs.
    — Monica Montgomery Steppe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
  • At the same time, residents deserve clean and safe public spaces.
    — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • Santoni was the only resident to speak at the hearing.
    — Joe Marusak june 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2026
  • The residents lost the battle but refused to accept it.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026

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