How to Use full in a Sentence

full

adjective
  • This will be his first full season with the team.
  • We bought a full set of dishes.
  • He has a full array of stereo equipment.
  • They waited for three full months.
  • The plane was carrying a full load of passengers.
  • The soldiers were wearing full combat gear.
  • Please give me your full attention.
  • The theater was full to capacity.
  • I hope that you'll give us your fullest cooperation.
  • His theories have not yet found full acceptance.
  • Now the men full of strong drink have trodden in the fireplaces.
    Longreads, 29 Aug. 2017
  • And yet most of the tables were full during the dinner hour.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Her udders were full for lambs no longer around to feed.
    Matt Sedensky, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
  • But the show is full of strong voices for the enduring songs.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2021
  • To hear the conversation in full, check out the video above.
    Essence, 20 July 2022
  • The full-length zipper makes the hoodie easy to layer when the day starts off chilly.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 15 Dec. 2020
  • For a full list of events and music lineup, go to www.lastfling.org.
    Alicia Fabbre, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2017
  • This means that planes are full, and that seats booked with miles are harder to come by.
    Sam Kemmis, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The wobbly slabs are full of smoke, now crowned with sweet, crispy edges.
    Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Dial thinks the city is full of young people who have been cooped up for months.
    Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2021
  • Cooked just a bit longer — all the way through — a green bean can become its fullest self.
    Eric Kim, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Praying for his health and for a full recovery from this.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The cockpit was full of black roll bars for safety and bucket seats.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2022
  • The ice box wasn’t full, and the ice melted fairly quickly.
    Scott McKee, Field & Stream, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The band was spread out, taking up three full sections in the left-side end zone.
    Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2020
  • My half-full needs his half-empty as much as the reverse.
    Motoko Rich Kyle Berger, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2023
  • As a full-size pie, the egg tart simply had too much filling.
    Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
  • People queued to receive a bag full of onions and carrots.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • For a full list of changes, search loan forgiveness on usatoday.com.
    USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Even at full strength, the Bears would be in for another tough task.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 24 Oct. 2021

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