fill (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fill (up)
Verb
  • Bonus points: The formula is infused with skin-loving ingredients like vitamin E and capric triglyceride, a nourishing emollient.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 30 Apr. 2025
  • For those wanting to prolong their bliss, the spa also features multisensory showers—infused with scents like lavender and eucalyptus—alongside steam rooms, saunas, hot tubs, and plunge pools.
    Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • While the sunscreen market is saturated with options—formulas for every skin type, tone, and texture—the topic remains surprisingly polarizing.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The program rolled out last May and saturated the county with violations, many of which a joint investigation by the Herald and Tributary found were unfairly issued, and raked in millions for the school district and BusPatrol.
    Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Once steeped, the bag can be wrung out of liquid, and the remaining compost matter within the bag can be added to the garden.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
  • French press French press brewing offers rich and bold coffee by simply steeping the coffee grounds in just-under boiling water (usually 195° to 200ºF) for several minutes, then plunging a filter down to contain the grounds before pouring a fresh cup of coffee.
    Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In Peter Ames Carlin’s biography of Wilson, Catch a Wave, Love recalled sweeping Wilson’s house for drugs and trying to imbue his chaotic life with some semblance of order.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
  • As smoke from Palace’s pyrotechnics end imbued the pitch in the first 15 seconds, Emiliano Martinez rolled his studs on the ball and held possession for a similar length of time.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The 646 square foot Lodge Suites now feature four poster beds, a cream and white color scheme with accent wool throws and pillows, spacious bathrooms with deep soaking tubs and heated wood floors along with glass doors leading to a terrace on the river.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The Rooms My penthouse suite had a full kitchen and dining area, a large living room, a bathroom with a walk-in shower and a soaking tub, and an oversized balcony with a daybed and bistro set.
    Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Why does Lawrence sacrifice himself at the end of Havoc? Themes of how parents’ corruption affects their children permeate throughout Havoc.
    Skyler Trepel, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Over the past decade, cartel-forward films and TV shows—Narcos, Sicario, Breaking Bad, and their progeny—have permeated both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
    Antón Barba-Kay, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • While fears of a sharp economic downturn due to President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are pervading Wall Street, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the border-spanning organization does not project a recession this year.
    Sarah Whitmire, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • That spirit still pervades a place of rare enchantment, where guests are made to feel like part of an extended family.
    Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • That allows water and air to penetrate the thatch and begin the important process of decay.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Light cannot penetrate some sinkholes further away from shore, like the Middle Island Sinkhole.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Fill (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fill%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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