space-filler
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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That means the Rams need a new space-filler up front in Phillips’ 3-4 defense, and this draft is thick with interior defensive line talent.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2019
The images, for all the labor devoted to their adaptation, are mainly just illustrative—a sort of visual backdrop and temporal space-filler, stretched and condensed to suit the soundtrack.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 19, 2019
The work now feels like space-filler for a vast gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2016
The dog of my childhood, the miniature schnauzer, once again is but a space-filler on the stage.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2012
Sometimes these phrases suggest that metre and rhyme do not always flow easily for the English writer, and that in such difficulties a stock space-filler is convenient.
From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross
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