How to Use unfilled in a Sentence

unfilled

adjective
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  • Instead, leave at least a half inch at the top unfilled.
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2022
  • In the days leading up to the pilot’s production, the role was still unfilled.
    — Hazlitt, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The group has struggled to get a quorum because of six unfilled seats.
    — oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The number of unfilled openings fell sharply in June and July.
    — Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2023
  • That means the league has 10 Black coaches right now out of 27; three jobs remain unfilled.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 7 July 2021
  • Last year, the fill rates for substitute slots in the state hovered around 87%, meaning they were unfilled 13% of the time.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2021
  • And when crime spikes or potholes go unfilled, Chicagoans tend to blame their mayor.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 28 Feb. 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
  • Some tangyuan are served as smaller, unfilled rice balls in a soup made from cane sugar.
    — CNN, 1 Dec. 2021
  • More than 40% of the jobs at the health department are currently unfilled.
    — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Toward the end, Liechty turned to Wikipedia for unfilled dates to find events that happened that someone, at some time sang about.
    — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Even as the city lacks universal access, dozens of new slots go unfilled.
    — Naomi Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Here’s a look inside: An unfilled indoor pool One of the most unusual parts of the house is the indoor pool, tucked under the front porch.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
  • As of the end of last week, only eight teacher positions were still unfilled.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Now, over three years since the pandemic hit the US, some restaurant jobs remain unfilled.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 13 Aug. 2023
  • There are more than 11 million unfilled jobs across a range of industries.
    — Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • But up to 2 million of those jobs will go unfilled due to a lack of skilled workers — a problem of national scale.
    — Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • That survey showed 1,500 unfilled teaching positions at the start of the current school year.
    — Trisha Powell Crain | [email protected], al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Even as cargo piles up on the docks, almost a third of the port’s night-shift appointments for truckers go unfilled.
    — David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2021
  • School starts this week, and Dillon expects the position to go unfilled.
    — Matt Barnum | Chalkbeat, al, 16 Aug. 2021
  • One slot, reserved for a youth between 11 and 17, remains unfilled.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In eight years at the orphanage, none of my suggestions went unfilled.
    — Richard B. McKenzie, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The number of unfilled positions at the city of Little Rock has remained stubbornly high since the end of last year.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2022
  • But the unions fear certain positions may be left unfilled.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
  • There are still more than 11 million unfilled jobs out there, and employers still want to fill openings.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2022
  • There are so many jobs available that many positions go unfilled for months.
    — Jason Richmond, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • And many of these unfilled jobs require extra training.
    — Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The mayor did not support negating the salary amounts for unfilled positions.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Here's what a new survey says Money to cover parental leave costs will come from funds the district expects to save due to unfilled positions.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2024
  • Yet about half those positions could go unfilled, the Manufacturing Institute estimates.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024

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