fills (up)

present tense third-person singular of fill (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fills (up)
Verb
  • Chef Nicolas Davouze, a finalist in the prestigious Bocuse d’Or, infuses every dish with mastery and heartfelt care.
    Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Fresh rosemary infuses the dish with a delicate, aromatic note.
    Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The archetype is, of course, familiar—but Hawke imbues each of these characters with infectious zeal and a solemn, even sacred, severity.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But Hoffman also imbues the character with an innocent, slippery charisma.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The deal marks the latest major investment by AT&T to accelerate its fiber and 5G network build-out as the wireless market saturates and internet usage surges.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • For brands, the trend has become an opportunity to market products that speak to the Performative Male; which, in turn, only saturates the dating pool with more artifice that is a turn-off for women.
    Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Either way, those quotation marks are the first signs of a cynicism that pervades Reza’s project, now expanding to enshroud this whole production.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a clunkiness that pervades the entire enterprise.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Death permeates life in an echo of Harjo’s films; Four Sheets to the Wind unfolds in the wake of a suicide, while Barking Water chronicles a terminally ill man’s final road trip.
    Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
  • 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
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“Fills (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fills%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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