How to Use fill in in a Sentence

fill in

verb

• If not, a quick trip to the store will fill in the gaps.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
• The next step is filling in all the pieces in the middle.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 2 Sep. 2023
• Friends like Chad Carter, a groomsman, have helped to fill in the blanks.
  — Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• But in this case, Josh Smith is around to fill in as the backup shortstop.
  — Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2023
• Determined to fill in the gaps, the team started the study about 18 months ago.
  — Lesley M.m. Blume, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• Bram van den Berg is filling in for Larry at the shows.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2023
• Throughout Edey’s stint on the bench in the first half, Kaufman-Renn filled in at center.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2024
• Put about two tablespoons of filling in the center, and brush the edges of the dough with egg.
  — Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2023
• But if anything goes wrong, that extra acre is there to fill in the gaps.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2023
• Choose a container with drainage holes and use a good potting mixture to fill in around the plant.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
• If necessary, use some of the leftover phyllo to fill in any gaps.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2023
• And like Skiba — who was first hired to briefly fill in for DeLonge — Willard has manned the kit for other acts in a pinch.
  — Courtney Devores, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2024
• Krezip drummer Bram van den Berg will fill in during the concert run.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2023
• In watching those shows, I was filled in about what happened before I was born.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2023
• In some cases, cities even filled in their public pools or sold them to private clubs.
  — Nicolas Kemper, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2023
• Next, fill in gaps with snips of blue spruce or juniper branches for color.
  — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• While the goal is to get it through food first, a supplement can help fill in where diet is lacking.
  — Good Housekeeping, 3 Feb. 2023
• Developers had already filled in one-third of the bay for projects like Foster City, and had plans to fill in much of the rest.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
• Middleton was able to fill in several of the squares that surrounded the space where the No. 44 card’s swatch would go.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Here are 4 things to do to ready your garden for spring How to 'fill in' a space left by a dead garden plant Second, edge and mulch.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Apr. 2023
• Do not overlap the crackers and, if necessary, break a few crackers to fill in any gaps.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
• Zach Kessel here, filling in for Brittany Bernstein, who is out this week.
  — Zach Kessel, National Review, 27 Sep. 2023
• But he is also asked to fill in as a bus driver and a custodian.
  — Jocelyn Gecker, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2023
• Every other nail gets a full glossy nail; then fill in the others with a French tip and angled swoops.
  — Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Aug. 2023
• That meant Bergeron was filling in as No. 1 center for a Wednesday night game against the Predators.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
• Presumably, Apple’s new solution could help fill in some of the gaps.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024
• But God is in the details, and the documentary fills in his life with an absorbing richness.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
• Emollients are oils and lipids that relieve dry, itchy skin by filling in the gaps between the skin cells, sort of like the mortar between bricks.
  — Sarah Klein, SELF, 5 Jan. 2024
• Davie Park filled in some gaps in our list with such goodies as a brown creeper, pine warbler and hairy woodpecker.
  — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The strokes of the next political debate are already filling in.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024