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

We lived in the missions’ afterglow, with orange-flavored Tang, syndicated “Star Trek” reruns, and “Star Wars” filling in for actual lunar landings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

She protested that she didn’t enjoy filling in for her husband, but her ease in front of a crowd argued otherwise.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead