filling

Example Sentences

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Almost a year to the day after retiring from “Today,” Hoda Kotb is back on the morning show filling in for pal Savannah Guthrie while the latter focuses on her missing 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie.

From Los Angeles Times

It was almost as if he thought she was still in there and would come running out one day, filling the house with her wild, uninhibited giggling.

From Literature

He inhaled deeply three times, filling his lungs with oxygen and holding it before he exhaled.

From Literature

The group said Russian humanitarian organizations were increasingly filling roles traditionally held by U.S. groups and described the freeze as a lost opportunity to build trust between the U.S. and North Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal

The government sent "secret shopper" officials to 436 licensed venues across the country in October to check if they were filling glasses high enough.

From Barron's