Sentence examples for residents name from inspiring English sources

I received a press release for a screening of Spike Lee's Chi-Raq yesterday, an astonishing reworking of Aristophanes' Lysistrata set among the modern-day gangs of Chicago (the death toll is so high that the residents name their city "Chi-Raq", as though it were a warzone).

Houses were numbered, and information on the household's residents (name, sex, age, and relationship with the household head) were collected.

Local residents named the community Warabistan.

As the society grew, its residents named streets after themselves.

Maternity homes for unwed mothers concealed residents' names to protect the honor of their families.

There was also no central database of residents' names and e-mail addresses.

Ms. Wielk said a search by street brings up residents' names anyway.

It is alleged that such residents' names were compiled in an "early movers list".

In the 19th century, Spanish and Mexican residents named the place "encinal," or oak grove.

There are no door buzzers or mail slots with residents' names.

The residents named 17 neighbors who they said had been killed and eight who had disappeared from just one street.