Example Sentences

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"Things will calm down. Those who are anxious - many of them will have filled up their cars with petrol now and things will then return to normal."

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2021

Brasher will be Trump's sixth appointment to the 11th Circuit, meaning the president will have filled half the court's bench in his just over three years in office.

From Fox News • Feb. 11, 2020

By the time all 13 miles of the $2.6 billion tunnels are completed in 2025, the dirt will have filled 205,820 of the huge trucks.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2015

If he can build on last year's strong finish, the Mariners will have filled one of those black holes.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2013

It's pretty rough, at the best of times, and the snow will have filled in the narrow spaces between the rocks and ridges, like a freshet.

From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)