How to Use unfilled in a Sentence

unfilled

adjective

• Instead, leave at least a half inch at the top unfilled.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2022
• Five of the seven seats remain unfilled and will go to runoffs.
  — Clancy Dubos, NOLA.com, 9 Nov. 2020
• 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
• If there isn’t a fifth candidate, the spot goes unfilled.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2020
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• There’s a talent crisis in the U.S., leaving in-demand roles unfilled.
  — Bijal Shah, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
• 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
• One of the most coveted roles, creative director of Chanel, remains unfilled after the departure of Virginie Viard in June.
  — Reuters, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024