How to Use unfilled in a Sentence

unfilled

adjective
  • Why were so many contract slots left unfilled this year?
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • But there’s so much blank space that’s unfilled and so many things left unsaid.
    — August Brown, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • Five of the seven seats remain unfilled and will go to runoffs.
    — Clancy Dubos, NOLA.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Hancock is one of the great unfilled-promise movies of the last decade or so.
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Those costs must be spread across fewer students when there are unfilled seats.
    — Andrew P. Morriss, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Some tangyuan are served as smaller, unfilled rice balls in a soup made from cane sugar.
    — CNN, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The group has struggled to get a quorum because of six unfilled seats.
    — oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Are there holes on the roster that went unfilled during free agency and the draft?
    — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Even as the city lacks universal access, dozens of new slots go unfilled.
    — Naomi Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2021
  • But one-third of the industry’s visa requests went unfilled last year.
    — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 12 June 2018
  • And when crime spikes or potholes go unfilled, Chicagoans tend to blame their mayor.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • If the seat remains unfilled after 60 days, the clerk of court would step in.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
  • About 750 chairs were set up in a room that could have fit thousands, and many were unfilled.
    — ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • With a spatula, carefully lift the unfilled side of the omelet and fold it over.
    — Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The number of unfilled jobs is expected to increase in the months ahead.
    — Laura Kusisto, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2017
  • As of the end of last week, only eight teacher positions were still unfilled.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 5 Sep. 2022
  • In the days leading up to the pilot’s production, the role was still unfilled.
    — Hazlitt, 4 Jan. 2023
  • As of last week, the new memo says, there were about 1,100 unfilled requests for footage.
    — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 3 July 2020
  • Alas, even with the good wages and benefits that come with these positions, many go unfilled.
    — WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
  • In eight years at the orphanage, none of my suggestions went unfilled.
    — Richard B. McKenzie, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
  • For many districts, new positions will go unfilled.
    — Edsource, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Hundreds of thousands of jobs go unfilled due to labor shortages.
    — Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
  • There are more than 11 million unfilled jobs across a range of industries.
    — Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • Top dough with chicken mixture, leaving 1 inch unfilled on one of the shorter sides.
    — Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The only position that remains unfilled is first base coach.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The number of unfilled openings fell sharply in June and July.
    — Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2023
  • One at a time, place edges of the 6 unfilled shells on plate to slightly melt the rim (reheating plate if needed).
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2022
  • This year, as more and more positions were left unfilled, that number has gone down to 288.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This year, as more and more positions were left unfilled, that number has gone down to 288.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
  • School starts this week, and Dillon expects the position to go unfilled.
    — Matt Barnum | Chalkbeat, al, 16 Aug. 2021

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