fill (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fill (up)
Verb
  • Dove knows a thing or two about infusing yummy aromas into moisturizing products.
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The bond is infused with biotin to nourish while gripping lash clusters securely, and the seal is enriched with vitamin E to eliminate tacky residue and keep everything looking seamless.
    Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Once the leaves are saturated with cesium, they can be easily replaced.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In contrast, the Volkswagen car company was closely allied with the Nazis and saturated with its ideology.
    Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some are steeping themselves in traditional ingredients and cooking techniques, while others are brashly striking out to forge creative new styles.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Allow the mixture to steep for a few minutes, then strain and sweeten to taste, if desired.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rounding out the barbecue bowls is a set of 10 sauces that imbue various flavors and spice into the dish, including sugar water, lemon juice, oyster sauce, hot chili oil and Li’s house sauce.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Following their success came a sophomore line filled with international influences—African textiles, midcentury-style seating, and textural sconces imbued with Parisian flair.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Spray coated the covered clubhouse walls, soaking the shirts that proclaimed Toronto’s October future.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • How To Sanitize Pet Bowls Because handwashing is not as sanitary as the dishwasher, the AKC recommends soaking pet bowls in diluted bleach once a week.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her positive energy permeates through her team and, when the games are at Target Center — as will be the case again for Game 2 on Tuesday — the entire building.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Released post-Columbine and heavily influenced by that tragedy, Scream 3 walks back from the gruesome violence and flashes of genuine nastiness that permeated the previous installments.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As storytellers, Supergiant have defined their own personal tone that pervades their body work, stretching from games like Bastion to Pyre.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Attachment theory pervades an institution that seems fixated on severing teens’ bonds with parents who are invariably discovered to be, if not complete monsters, at least ill-suited for the task of caring for their own children.
    Judy Berman, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The name of the series has also penetrated the cultural lexicon as a way to refer to someone who has been deceptive about their identity online.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Potatoes are dense, and the salt has to penetrate a lot of mass to make it to their centers.
    Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Fill (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fill%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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