How to Use unfilled in a Sentence

unfilled

adjective
  • Instead, leave at least a half inch at the top unfilled.
    Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2022
  • In the days leading up to the pilot’s production, the role was still unfilled.
    Hazlitt, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The group has struggled to get a quorum because of six unfilled seats.
    oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The number of unfilled openings fell sharply in June and July.
    Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2023
  • And when crime spikes or potholes go unfilled, Chicagoans tend to blame their mayor.
    Mitch Smith, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • One at a time, place edges of the 6 unfilled shells on plate to slightly melt the rim (reheating plate if needed).
    People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2022
  • More than 40% of the jobs at the health department are currently unfilled.
    Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Here’s a look inside: An unfilled indoor pool One of the most unusual parts of the house is the indoor pool, tucked under the front porch.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
  • As of the end of last week, only eight teacher positions were still unfilled.
    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Now, over three years since the pandemic hit the US, some restaurant jobs remain unfilled.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 13 Aug. 2023
  • There are more than 11 million unfilled jobs across a range of industries.
    Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • But up to 2 million of those jobs will go unfilled due to a lack of skilled workers — a problem of national scale.
    Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • That survey showed 1,500 unfilled teaching positions at the start of the current school year.
    Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • One slot, reserved for a youth between 11 and 17, remains unfilled.
    Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The number of unfilled positions at the city of Little Rock has remained stubbornly high since the end of last year.
    Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2022
  • There are still more than 11 million unfilled jobs out there, and employers still want to fill openings.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2022
  • And many of these unfilled jobs require extra training.
    Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The mayor did not support negating the salary amounts for unfilled positions.
    Beth Mlady, cleveland, 4 Mar. 2022
  • After many years of unfilled promises, now is the time to enact a meaningful middle-class tax cut.
    Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Because the spots are going unfilled, the nonprofit plans to turn its part-time openings into 76 full-time slots.
    oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Older workers could rejoin the labor force, fill some of those unfilled jobs and maybe, just maybe, curb inflation a bit.
    Scott Burns, Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2022
  • For years, around 8% of the genetic sequence remained unfilled.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Those districts represent 80% of the unfilled teaching positions in the state.
    Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Workers are decamping at near-record rates, while millions of open jobs go unfilled.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Millions of jobs across the country have gone unfilled during 2023 because of an economic rebound and the aging of the U.S. workforce.
    Andrew Selee, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Mauer said a lack of spare parts and unfilled jobs also contributes to ships languishing at shipyard ports.
    Laura Strickler, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • With some job applicants unwilling to make the move, the region’s school district now has 26 job openings, some that have gone unfilled for months.
    New York Times, 31 July 2022
  • The rate for May was 3.6%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with millions of jobs going unfilled.
    Chris Taylor, Fortune, 14 July 2022
  • Entry-level jobs go unfilled due to a lack of affordable housing.
    WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Building costs are rising, and hundreds of thousands of jobs remain unfilled.
    Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2023

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