filled (up)

past tense of fill (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for filled (up)
Verb
  • Water had saturated the mica schist and reactivated the old landslide.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Our daily lives are saturated with instant opinions amplified by algorithms that reward speed over substance.
    Ronald Leopold, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Your morning of chores or physical activity has imbued you with a sense of achievement and a faint, pleasurable languor.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than filling the frames with dark shadows, the film is imbued with light and color.
    Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • First-year coach Tosh Lupoi has overhauled the staff, the roster has been infused by more than 30 transfers and the expectations are rising for a program that has won more than seven games just once in the past 10 seasons.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The gin is produced using the traditional discontinuous, indirect steam distillation method on a base of Italian grain alcohol, allowing each botanical to be infused gradually and with precision.
    Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Grief expertise is attributed to those people that are really deeply steeped and trained in grief, so those might be therapists, those might be thanatologists who study death, and dying, and bereavement.
    Mikaela Cohen, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • In 15,000 square feet over two stories, the emporium will introduce diners to culinary highlights from throughout Asia, much like how its mall neighbor, Eataly, has steeped diners in the regional specialties of Italy.
    Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • While drenched in autotune at times, Sunday’s set wasn’t completely devoid of authentic moments.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Some had come to stay by Staunton’s side throughout the week, and on the last day of camp, during the water fight, some of them chased her down and drenched her with the bucket of ice water.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
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“Filled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filled%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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