Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fills (up)
Verb
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Crist infuses her vegetable garden with flowers for an ornamental look.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
26 Feb. 2026 -
The $95, five-course meal led by women food and beverage professionals will feature an exclusive collaboration beer between the breweries that infuses ingredients from Deep Roots CPS Farm.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
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As in Pillion and elsewhere, Melling imbues a premise’s potential grotesqueries with real and specific feelings.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 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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Water pools in your eyes as serotonin saturates your nervous system.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
25 Feb. 2026
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Here, an easy sauce of olive oil, lemon juice, fresh rosemary, capers, and garlic saturates whole small red potatoes and crispy chicken thighs and legs in flavor.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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Concern about unreliable gas suppliers pervades Europe, for example.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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And for years, researchers have documented the gender bias that pervades the field of economics.—
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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Not everything goes well, there’s tragedy and sadness but also a sense of infinite hope that permeates the proceedings.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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Now that the Florida events are taking place, a sense of urgency permeates the SoFi Center.—
Keith Stewart,
New York Times,
23 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 5 Mar. 2026.
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