filling in

Example Sentences

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“There’s a lot of filling in the blanks when your families are from the same part of the country. They’re down-to-earth, churchgoing families. It felt easy. We’re cut from the same cloth.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Good morning, I’m filling in for Spencer Jakab today.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

When Udogie did make darting central runs, a Tottenham midfielder would drop into the space he had vacated - filling in at full-back.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

But that sand itself is also in high demand for cement, for construction, for building shoulders for highways, for filling in wetlands for development.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

She did not speak to either of her parents as they left the house, Ben filling in for her hostile silences by exuberantly bidding the Matthews farewell again and again.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy