Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fills (up)
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That edge—between repression and revelation—infuses every frame of the series.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025 -
While this modern reimagining could've felt like a copy of a copy, Eggers infuses his version with dread and haunting imagery, centering the story more on Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) and her curious connection to Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård).—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But director Kurtis David Harder (Influencer) imbues the proceedings with a slow-boiling paranoid energy that slowly overtakes the film.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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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
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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
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The pathos of being a veep pervades Kamala Harris’s campaign memoir 107 Days.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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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
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Their pedigree permeates pressure.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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And that kind of knowledge, which gets passed down and permeates down through the generations, would be very difficult to replicate quickly.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Fills (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fills%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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