Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fills (up)
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The resulting menu infuses Asian flavors into coffee drinks.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026 -
His live-wire performance, seemingly inspired by numerous previous screen depictions of psychopathic bad guys, infuses the proceedings with welcome kinetic energy.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia only in 1991, and for this young nation, sport imbues it with a sense of pride.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Kikuchi, for her part, imbues the character with dimensions by turns gentle and thorny, but Haru’s unwillingness to meaningfully confront her loss is a blind spot that ends up applied to the story as a whole.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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Sixty years later, the Spectacle saturates us in ways the Situationists never imagined.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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This gives your poinsettia a long, deep drink that saturates the roots without drowning them.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Dec. 2025
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Though Abuja claims to be ramping up its campaign against radical militias, hundreds of people have been killed or kidnapped so far this year, underscoring the lawlessness that pervades swaths of the country.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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But the art of Violette and his cohort tapped into a deeper disillusionment, the kind of corrosive cynicism that pervades a culture in which any sense of possibility for a non-horrifying future has been foreclosed.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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That kind of raw honesty permeates the music.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
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Kupp’s influence permeates the entire team, and goes beyond leading by example, Darnold said.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Fills (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fills%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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