Example Sentences

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The pair had stuffed their Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament catch with lead weights and fish fillets.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2023

Bradley Byrne, the former Republican congressman from Mobile, recalled marveling when he first arrived to Congress at how thoroughly Mr. Shelby had stuffed the year-end spending bill.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2022

"I think that actually people were fed up of hearing about things I had stuffed up, or allegedly stuffed up, or whatever, this endless, completely legitimate, but endless churn of news," he said.

From Reuters • Jun. 25, 2022

But almost half of the airtight bags they had stuffed with rice and beans, tortillas and other fare broke, leaving their food covered in mold.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2021

Evidently, she had stuffed the tiny purse full of cakes when no one was looking.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood