fill (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fill (up)
Verb
  • Once the sugar has been infused with strawberry, add 2.5 oz of water and mix to dissolve it.
    Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • During a drug and alcohol infused blackout in 1989, Osbourne almost choked his wife Sharon Osbourne to death.
    Daniela Avila, People.com, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • The nest must be fully saturated for all wasps to be killed.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 July 2025
  • Nutrition Facts Calories: 222 Protein: 2.22 grams (g) Fat: 22.22 g Carbohydrate: 3.33 g Sugars: 2.22 g Fatty acids (saturated): 21.11 g Sodium: 17 milligrams (mg) Potassium: 278 mg Coconut milk and coconut cream are similar but not the same.
    Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 18 July 2025
Verb
  • Garlic Tea: Crush 1-2 cloves of fresh garlic and steep them in hot water for several minutes.
    Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 9 July 2025
  • Whether it is bagged or loose, the type of tea will influence the ideal temperature and the length of time it should be steeped.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • His Marx was imbued with a strange ironic nihilism.
    Leigh Claire La Berge, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
  • Each material, curve, and proportion is imbued with intention to reflect that spirit.
    Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • The bedroom, for example, featured an inviting chambray blue quilt elegantly draped across the foot of the bed, while the palatial bathroom offered a modern shower as well as a soaking tub large enough for my 5’11 frame (a rare treat, as any tall girl can attest).
    Kinsey Giddick, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Before washing your white clothes (in their own separate load, of course), soak them in a mixture of hot water and 1 cup of vinegar to allow the acid to brighten the fabrics.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • An instant later, six-foot-tall flames burst upward in blazing pillars, followed by an intoxicating waft of garlic, lemon and herbs that permeated the air over a crowd of awed onlookers.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
  • Known as the cosmic microwave background, or CMB, that radiation is a diffuse light that permeates all of space.
    Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • Tension over the state House speaker’s race — one of the votes in which Democratic House members have significant leverage — also pervaded the event.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • An interesting blend of triumph and cynicism pervades the finale, as the rebel guard No Eul (Park Gyu-young) manages to overpower the others, and free Gyeong-seok (Lee Jin-wook), who returns to his daughter.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • This product can be helpful for removing rust from hidden areas and crevices that are hard to penetrate.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 July 2025
  • However, when the $540 ceiling was being penetrated, the RSI did not confirm with a push to new highs indicating that momentum, or rate-of-change, was waning.
    Todd Gordon, CNBC, 22 July 2025
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“Fill (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fill%20%28up%29. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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