filling in

Example Sentences

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Guerrero said “the community was a big help in filling in all the background colors that I need in order to build the detail and layers” on the two mural panels she designed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

With Madonna to his right and Rihanna on his left, the London-born American fencer was the unexpected filling in a pop royalty sandwich.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

But that sand itself is also in high demand for cement, for construction, for building shoulders for highways, for filling in wetlands for development.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

This is WSJ travel reporter Jacob Passy, filling in for Dawn Gilbertson who is off this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Burning lines raced through his consciousness, connecting far-flung dots and filling in blanks, erasing question marks and adding a dozen more for every one erased.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor