fill
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Among 47,000 WhatsApp messages between Jogesh and Morris, Morris wrote: "All over the news is all about ppe shortage. Let's clean up!! Milk it… fill ya boots."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
If the end of ‘The Bear’ has left you jonesing for another great show to fill its place, we have a few suggestions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
On Sunday, the pastor at Corinth Baptist Church, where Graham was a member, said prayers for Graham and his sister, Darline Graham, who has since been picked to fill the rest of his Senate term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
From the outside, he seemed to be attempting to fill an internal need.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
I crossed the hall to the water fountain and took a longdrink, letting my mouth fill with cold water.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
The music fills in what the writing leaves blank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
A clown paints children's faces, music fills the air, as families spread picnic carpets across the grass.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
It said the inflaters—a component that ignites and rapidly fills an air bag during a crash—were likely imported illegally into the U.S. and put inside air bags that were then sold online as aftermarket replacements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
"It was a smooth surface, and almost concave. That's not how sediment normally fills in, and I kept seeing it in multiple specimens. I was like, 'Okay, there's something weird here,'" he says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
A mix of mumbles and sporadic clapping fills the room.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
In a mouse model, the researchers tested lipid nanoparticles filled with genetic material designed to restore the body's ability to suppress tumor growth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Kreitzman's Mile End house is filled from top to bottom with pictures and sculptures, on every colourful wall, on every table, in every room and corridor.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Barrett described many versions of these reforms as “complex,” “tricky,” and filled with “awkwardness” in determining how to create an office that would respect the court’s rule as both independent and constitutionally supreme.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
Instagram, TikTok and Reddit boards are filled with roughly 1,000 comments regarding the Yerord Mas “ragequit” debate, some discrediting the restaurant and others the influencer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
It was the taste that filled his mouth every time his friends went viral around him—salty because it wasn’t his triumph, but at the same time, comfort food.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“Remake” retraces Adrian’s childhood while filling in the details of the director’s life after “Photographic Memory,” including brain surgery and the dissolution of his 24-year marriage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
The cost of filling up at the gas station is not the only problem, either.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Smoked stuffed peppers are another great option: Prepare the par-cooked rice-and-meat filling ahead, smoke a few tomatoes for the sauce, then let everything finish together while you mingle.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Dubela is financially comfortable but expressed frustration that the cost of filling his home heating-oil tank shot up to $900 in recent weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Files began to transfer again, but the stream of people filling the outer lab had slowed to a trickle.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
