Filled Sentence Examples

The night is filled with sounds.

Lisa filled a cup for each of them, but Yancey wasn't interested.

Tears filled her eyes again, and she paused, embarrassed.

His mouth snapped shut and shame filled his eyes.

When she did speak, her voice was filled with emotion.

The caliph's eyes were filled with tears.

After a childhood filled with foster homes, she feared getting too comfortable, even in the home of the man who adopted her twelve years ago, when she was ten.

She filled her plate and sat down cross-legged between Pete and Davis.

The job was probably filled by now, anyway.

A strange feeling of excitement filled her as she watched him.

She filled the canteens and started back to camp, pausing when Bordeaux emerged from the bushes below.

I knew that I had ceased to be my mother's only darling, and the thought filled me with jealousy.

Her eyes were filled with tears and her face felt flushed.

Bordeaux filled the canteen and headed into the sand again.

Tears flowed freely as she filled out each blank space.

Its cool year-round creek and rolling hills dotted with wild flowers filled her dreams at night – beckoned.

Her blood spattered on the wall, and buzzing filled her ears.

The advisors of the Princess did not like this test; but she commanded them to step into the flame and one by one they did so, and were scorched so badly that the air was soon filled with an odor like that of baked potatoes.

Several of the rooms on either side were open, revealing couples in various stages of undress, a room with junkies shooting up and potheads lighting up, and a room filled with what looked like people sleeping.

Dread filled her as she drove up the familiar driveway to the stone manor.

The sheriff filled his cup.

Suddenly they looked up to find the room filled with the silent, solemn-eyed Mangaboos.

How is this need filled without government involvement?

From behind the crystal decanters and fruit vases, the count kept glancing at his wife and her tall cap with its light-blue ribbons, and busily filled his neighbors' glasses, not neglecting his own.

Tears filled her eyes, but she forced the water fight at her car into her mind to push out the other.

Down by the pond, frogs were singing their night songs and the sky was filled with bright stars.

I filled Betsy in on our hosts as we maneuvered the country roads of New England.

My six foot frame more than filled the bed.

Frank led me down a long corridor to a large conference room filled with perhaps thirty intent individuals, standing and sitting, some taking notes, others with few buried faces in computer screens.

You can be filled with water from multiple sources.

At his words, a rush of cold magic filled her.

That bittersweet chocolate gaze mesmerized her, filled her with a longing that he would not satisfy.

Apart from the difficulty of obtaining arms, a serious question arose at the eleventh hour which filled some of the Uitlanders with mistrust.

We will know it is coming when we see more and more jobs once filled by humans being filled by machines.

Of course I did not know what it was all about, but I enjoyed the pleasant odours that filled the house and the tidbits that were given to Martha Washington and me to keep us quiet.

The countess' eyes filled with tears and she pondered in silence.

Deidre watched the sunrise, awed by the colors that filled the sky.

While Destiny could never take her place, she had filled the void.

She filled the feeder and let Destiny throw some grain through the fence.

A steady throbbing filled her ears.

Carmen filled out all the necessary paperwork and then settled down for a long wait.

The nurse met her before she entered his room and filled her in on his progress.

Turning on the water, she filled their water trough before heading out for the longhorn shed, which was the closest to the trees.

The hand on her waist tightened and his voice was filled with emotion.

The scents of food from street vendors and car exhaust filled the air outside the quiet hospital grounds.

When she stopped, the sound of waves filled the quiet.

She passed the three quarters point, and tears filled her gaze.

Daniela observed her for a moment then replaced the cup with a glass filled with the alcohol.

The warmth of the alcohol filled her.

Urgency filled him at the thought of finding a way to save the woman he might've killed a few days ago.

The sense that nothing was real filled her again.

One bicep filled the hollow of her neck while his other arm was tight around her midsection.

The rich cinnamon-vanilla scent of the bath bubbles filled the air, reminding her of the candle she'd bought at the farmers market the day her life went to hell.

A familiar sense of calm filled her.

She wanted to tell him to leave, but whatever bond existed between them, it filled her with warmth and energy that quelled the meltdown she was about to have.

She wanted a life filled with chili pepper lights.

There was a long moment of silence from the chamber around her, filled by the sound of her breathing as it grew more erratic, louder.

Foreboding filled her at the expression on the deity's face, like she'd just won the lottery.

As usual, the next stop filled the train, and she looked with some irritation at a five-year-old who shoved by her legs to stand next to the window beside her.

The woman and boy left while she filled out the paperwork and then set it on a counter of what looked like an abandoned reception area.

He sipped his cocoa from a sticky cup filled half with marshmallows.

He started the car again and drove through a series of tunnels and intersections, a virtual underground street grid, before arriving at a large garage filled with gleaming cars.

Katie returned, tossing the sleeping bag and a small shaving bag filled with basics on one bunk.

A new terror filled her.

Daniela filled her glass with two more shots and smiled.

Next Megan took her to what looked like a large drug store, where she plucked a few items from a shelf filled with top of the line skincare products.

She roamed the apartment again and opened all the closets and drawers, not surprised to find them filled, as if she'd lived there all her life and hadn't just arrived.

Gabriel's soft cluck of disapproval filled the air around him as Rhyn sat in the corner, watching the most vexing woman in the world --his mate --sleep.

They sat in comfortable silence, the quiet room filled only with the woman's soft snores.

At barely above her height and slender, the mad scientist was very unlike the Immortal warriors that filled the castle.

He didn.t have to ask what Sasha did to her when her pretty blue eyes flared with white rage and then filled with tears.

Rhyn.s warm power filled her as she drew on their bond as mates, and the portal opened.

The baby angel gave a small smile that filled her with relief.

They entered the dining room, which was filled for brunch.

Rhyn.s energy filled her.

She started to chicken out when one went over her head and filled her mouth with salt water.

Kiera dreamt of a planet filled with spiders and dinosaurs and awoke in her bed a couple of hours later to the soft sound of her alarm clock going off.

The sound of a roaring ocean filled the chamber.

To her surprise, moonlight glinted off the water of the newly formed lake that filled the canyon.

She followed the group down several corridors into a massive conference room filled with people in tight groups talking.

She turned slowly, propelled by a tender breeze from the cold night air that filled the room with a chill of death.

After dawn arrived at last and the couple were showered and dressed, they speculated further on the late night sounds as Cynthia filled Bird Song's breakfast table with fresh baked goodies.

Dean's morning had been filled with enough ghosts, dreams and galactic sex to last a lifetime and he excused himself.

We should be filled after tomorrow.

Usually there were few cars at the site but now, with the early festival climbers in town, the parking lot at the curve of the county road was filled.

Before letting him read the translations, the Deans filled him in on their activities, including their forest meeting with Jerome Shipton.

He filled in his stepfather on his conversation with Weller as the two shared a macaroni dinner Fred had heated up.

He asked Priscilla, the owner, for a cup and filled it from one of the coffee dispensers.

He put a tray of garlic bread into the oven and the pungent smell of warming cheese filled the room.

She turned slowly, propelled by a tender breeze from the cold night air that filled the room.

Corday filled me in, at least a bit.

He filled Fred in on the details of Edith's visit and Cynthia's late night phone call and the abrupt end to the conversation.

Shipton's traveling companion, Penelope Something, hysterically filled in what little she knew to Jake Weller and Emile Corday, both of whom visited the patient at the hospital.

When the tube filled, she connected it to the IV in the girl's arm.

Jackson stood watching her, filled with emotion he could not define.

Her eyes filled with wonder, and her artist's mind drank in the details of the scene.

Normally he wouldn't go more than a few hours without thinking about his next meal, but Elisabeth filled his thoughts so completely, there was no room for anything else.

The drawing room had crystal cylinder vases strategically placed all around, filled with large parrot tulips of every shade.

When the last box was filled with plates, he contemplated whether to wake Elisabeth or not.

Tears filled the corners of her eyelids.

Her eyes filled with tears.

They released the heartache they had been holding in and were filled with unencumbered passion, melting into each other as they had the first time, but now neither held any secrets, and neither needed to maintain control.

Once the bags were all filled Sarah removed the needle from Elisabeth's arm.

I see Katie has filled you in on everything you'll need to know on this farm.

Inside the barn, Carmen filled two buckets with warm water and heaved them out of the sink.

She trudged through the snow to the shed and filled a plastic bucket with pellets.

Alex had broken the ice off the top of the water trough by the time she got there and every stall was filled with fresh hay.

Yet, if their days were filled with work, their evenings were filled with camaraderie.

The throaty bark filled the air again and she rolled out of bed into the cold morning.

Wild phlox filled the air with a heavenly scent that rivaled lilacs.

I think I forgot to turn the water off when I filled the trough.

In a country filled with people aborting unwanted babies, how did this happen?

It was past dark, and the camp was filled with men and tents as far as she could see.

An uneasy instinct filled her, the same that warned her about General Greene.

I'll get it, Dan said, crossing to the kitchen, where one whole cabinet was filled with medical supplies.

Tears filled her eyes, and she sobbed.

Emotion filled her as she realized she'd never had a home, even before the attacks.

The sun sat low on the horizon, and the morning air was still and filled with the scent of fire and death.

Tears filled her eyes.

A sinking feeling filled Brady.

She watched him pace, his long, muscular legs drawing her eyes.  A familiar ache filled her, one that made her want to launch herself into his arms and never leave the dream world.

The forest was soon filled with the sound of pursuers.  Katie needed no further encouragement.  She pulled her arm free and ran behind Gabriel as he kept to the invisible path.  A shadow caught her attention.  She glanced over and froze, tripping.

Rhyn yanked the dart free and looked from it to the small welt forming on his arm.  It matched the welt on his other arm.  He gazed at his other arm for a long moment then strode to Toby's bag.  Snatching it, he unzipped it and dumped its contents onto the ground.  Alongside Toby's 3DS, a pair of clean underwear and socks, and gamers magazine was a small shaving bag.  Rhyn opened it, surprised to find a syringe and two small bottles, one empty and one filled with wine-colored solution.

Kris's memories stirred stronger than he liked. He remembered Lilith, a beautiful Immortal whose laugh had filled him with happiness. Their love had been intense and brief, lasting less than a human year in total. One day, she was just … gone.

Mrs. Thompson led me in to the office where she sat down and filled out a bunch of papers.

It was Gerry Mulligan with a nineteen-fifties piece that filled the room with familiar strains.

The courtroom was half filled, mostly with pensioners who looked to the system for their daily entertainment.

It's about right for him to have filled it up there.

He filled out the paperwork on his visit to Norfolk and answered some of his phone messages.

Dean was knee-deep in a dream, trying to pull his Visa card away from Jeffrey Byrne, who was sitting on a cloud playing a harp, when his bedroom was suddenly filled with light.

He filled Fred in on his conversation with Cece Baldwin and tried to dismiss the entire case as a waste of time.

Dean filled in to his lieutenant the details of the Norfolk trip, leaving out what he felt wasn't police business—a surprisingly large portion.

In spite of his love of music, no pocket recorder filled Dean's head with voices, strings or horns through tiny toy earphones— he'd leave that to the bikers who pedaled unaware of the sounds of birds and springtime around them.

He could figure the gas he'd have used and written his own receipt when he filled up the motor home, stop­ping after filling the tank part way.

You said they draw a lottery so they must have already pulled names and filled it up.

Amid the chaos, a nurse calmly filled out forms in a method­ical fashion, looking as if the second coming of Christ wouldn't ruf­fle her.

He filled in Fred before the two once again parted.

What did you do, use the address on the postcard he'd filled out for her before you killed him?

A chorus of "Heidi" filled the room before Carmen could speak.

After cleaning his water bowl out in the big stainless steel sink, she filled the bowl with water and set it on the floor near his food bowl.

No doubt Alex still remembered the way she kicked around in the snow for the half tires, stomped them to get the ice out, and then filled them with water carried from the old farm house.

His deep voice filled the room in a way she had never noticed before.

By the time he arrived, she had the table set and his plate filled with food.

Lowering the heavy cast iron frying pan into the sink, she filled it with water and left it to soak.

After he was seated again, she filled her plate and they both ate in silence for a while.

Those days were filled with the fun of taking care of the twins.

She filled a plastic bowl with water for the chickens and hauled buckets of water to the horses and buffalo.

Tears filled her eyes and she climbed out of the recliner, stretching and feigning a yawn.

If the nights were lonely, the days were filled with changes.

No longer filled with magic, the room would be haunted by bittersweet memories.

Exhilaration filled her as she raced down the street.

Jonny's voice was filled with awe.

A sense of loss filled her.

The colors were more intense, brighter, the air filled with the perfume of flowers.

Here, magic emanated off of everything and filled her with its energy.

The ashes had long since stopped burning, and the air was still filled with magic.

Sadness had long since waned, leaving only a hole that'd never be filled.

His magic filled the space around them, bending light and shadows in a way she found as mesmerizing as flames or the falling snow.

The tightness that filled his chest whenever he thought of his betrayer and lover unfurled.

The notebook was filled with diary-like entries.

His agitated air was filled with magic.

His magic filled the air around him, flinging the living room furniture against windows and walls in a fit of fury.

Sorrow, then fury filled her.

She rose from her corner and strode to Jenn, the air around her filled with glitter.

His magic filled the air, shoving between Bianca and Xander and pushing her away.

For now, he couldn't fathom an existence in a home filled with a family when he'd lost his other half.

His warmth and magic filled her, flowing between them in an indication that they were one.

The brightly lit chamber was filled with tables and chairs.

She gazed around, realizing that she and the two members of her guard occupied a cage filled with the bloated corpses of a half dozen other men, what was left of her guard.

Awareness filled and overwhelmed her senses, blinding her to all but instinct and the sound of her breathing.

Of the half dozen bladders in the secret cupboard, three were filled.

She filled the bladder with wine, sealed it, and shook it to mix the contents.

The book was filled with disturbing sketched drawings of men and demons locked in combat.

His frame tensed once again, and he breathed in her scent, savoring the way its musky sweetness filled his lungs.

Her teal gaze was filled with sorrow rather than hope, but her vulnerability hooked him nonetheless.

The great hall was filled with Tiyan warriors, Vara's men, and Dierdirien's warriors.

Fury filled her as she recalled her father gifting her the book, not long before she killed him.

If the days were filled with flattery, the nights were filled with emptiness.

Camping equipment filled the trunk along with enough clothes to last a week.

Was it a guess or had Denton filled him in?

Sleep didn't come easily that night, and when it finally overtook her, it was filled with snakes and insects - and worse yet, Denton.

A conversation with Clara would have filled him in.

The room was filled with dust and the wind whistled through the screens, ruffling the pages of her book as it lay on the floor.

As she filled the coffeepot, she glanced out the window.

As Keaton pulled her close, the air was filled with a deep steady roll of thunder that equaled the sound of a locomotive.

He arrived in the kitchen with his shirt on and smiled as he sank to the bench in front of the plate she had filled for him.

What was it about him that filled her with such a feeling of contentment and excitement at the same time?

It nearly filled the room.

Heat and exhaustion might have explained the instant fury that welled up in her throat and filled her voice with rancor.

The warm liquid that filled his mouth was as sweet as it smelled, and unlike anything he ever experienced.

Red fog filled the air around him.

The air was filled with marijuana smoke and the scent of bodies sweating as people danced, drank or huddled with friends.

They probably weren't real, but he didn't care, as long as they filled his hands.

He hadn't yet completely filled out.

He started his Tai Chi routine, focusing externally while the night filled his heightened senses.

The idea of anyone hurting her cousins filled her with fury and fear.

It is good to see the position of Grey God filled once more.

She turned on the faucet and let it run until it was hot enough then filled the bowl.

It filled the apartment and made the hair on her arms stand on end.

It was filled with curves she'd take at high speed.

Images of him sliding it south, towards the part of her that ached, filled her mind.

Every inch of space was filled with something.

The scene in the next room – an open cavity filled with rusted equipment – baffled her.

Her blue-gray eyes were filled with tears.

Admitting these were likely the last few minutes of her life, she was filled with regret.

The air was filled with electricity and the battlefield a mix of red fog and purple lightening.

Blood filled his senses, and his gaze drifted to the Original Other.

His comforting scent and heat filled her senses.

Apprehension filled her at the thought of facing Jonny or Others.

In the rainy season the barriers are submerged in succession, the reaches are filled and the plains of the lower Senegal are changed into immense marshes.

Having devoted much time to the study of the Latin writers, historians, orators and poets, and filled his mind with stories of the glories and the power of ancient Rome, he turned his thoughts to the task of restoring his native city to its pristine greatness, his zeal for this work being quickened by the desire to avenge his brother, who had been killed by a noble, a member of the ruling class.

In the same year Rainer became curator of the Academy of Sciences, a position which he filled till his death.

It was captured by Pizarro in 1533, and it is said that its size and the magnificence of its principal edifices filled the Spaniards with surprise.

A book of stories of adventure on the sea, which he read over and over again when a boy, had filled him with a longing for a seafaring life.

Notwithstanding the offices he had filled he died poor, and provision had to be made for his daughter out of the funds of the state.

According to one story, Archimedes was puzzled till one day, as he was stepping into a bath and observed the water running over, it occurred to him that the excess of bulk occasioned by the introduction of alloy could be measured by putting the crown and an equal weight of gold separately into a vessel filled with water, and observing the difference of overflow.

The façade, flanked by two towers with cupolas, is decorated with arcades filled in with statuary and sculpture, the whole representing the Last Judgment.

The legislature, composed of the members from the western counties who had been elected on the 23rd of May and some of the holdover senators who had been elected in 1859, met at Wheeling on the 1st of July, filled the remainder of the state offices, organized a state government and elected two United States senators who were recognized at Washington.

Geologically Sardinia consists of two hilly regions of Pre-Tertiary rock, separated by a broad depression filled with Tertiary deposits.

The valley below is filled with the richest vegetation, the undergrowth being largely composed of azaleas and rhododendrons.

His mother was a native of the place; his father, a Persian from Balkh, filled the post of tax-collector in the neighbouring town of Harmaitin, under Nall II.

They are similar in appearance to a hot-water or steam radiator, and, indeed, some are designed to be filled with water and used as such.

The materials required are iron borings, sal-ammoniac and sulphur; these are mixed together, moistened with water, and rammed into the socket, which is previously half filled with yarn, well caulked.

The white and red lead are mixed together to form a putty, and are filled into the socket alternately with layers of well-caulked yarn, starting with yarn and finishing off with the lead mixture.

The supply from the cold water cistern enters the bottom of the cylinder, and thence travels by way of the return pipe to the boiler, where it is heated, and back through the flow pipe to the cylinder, which is thus soon filled with hot water.

He also was provost of Edinburgh at various times, and it is a remarkable instance of the esteem in which the lairds of Merchiston were held that three of them in immediate lineal succession repeatedly filled so important an office during perhaps the most memorable period in the history of the city.

Future vacancies in the eldership were filled up by the office-bearers.

Troy benefited financially by the War of 1812, during which contracts for army beef were filled here.

A great chapter in the history of culture is filled by the influence of translations of the Bible.

The naval prefect is assisted by a rearadmiral as chief of the staff (except at Lorient and Rochefort, where the office is filled by a captain), and a certain number of other officers, the special functions of the chief of the staff having relation principally to the efficien.cy and personnel of the fleet, while the major-general, who is usually a rear-admiral, is concerned chiefly with the materiel.

That according to which they were set up at Munich was in the main suggested by Cockerell; in the middle of each pediment was a figure of Athena, set well back, and a fallen warrior at her feet; on each side were standing spearmen, kneeling spearmen and bowmen, all facing towards the centre of the composition; the corners were filled with fallen warriors.

Possessing an immense range of knowledge, he has filled up lacunae in nearly every part of physics, by experiment, by calculation, and by clear accurate thought.

This underground network of old river-beds underlying the great alluvial plains must be filled to repletion before flood waters will flow over the surface.

Apellicon filled in the lacunae, and brought out a new, but faulty, edition.

Filled with blood, it was natural to regard it as the seat of the blood, and as a matter of fact one-sixth of the entire blood of man is in the liver, while in the case of some animals the proportion is even larger.

The vegetation is almost tropically luxuriant - palms, wild pineapples, and ferns growing profusely, and the valleys being filled with wild beans and patches of taro.

The public buildings are mostly constructed of broken stone and mortar, plastered outside and covered with red tiles, but the common dwellings are generally constructed of tapiarough trellis-work walls filled in with mud.

The Eleventh Edition filled 29 volumes and contains over 44 million words.

With an apparatus similar to the above, but smaller, made of iron and filled with mercury, Joule obtained results varying from 772.814 foot-pounds when driving weights of about 58 lb were employed to 775.352 foot-pounds when the driving weights were only about 192 lb.

Clerk Maxwell supposed two compartments, A and B, to be filled with gas at the same temperature, and to be separated by an ideal, infinitely thin partition containing a number of exceedingly small trap-doors, each of which could be opened or closed without any expenditure of energy.

This could be fixed, within certain limits, at whatever pitch suited the composition; but on the horn it could be only very partially filled out by notes of a muffled quality produced by inserting the hand into the bell of the instrument, a device impossible on the trumpet.

He constructed one form of his coherer of a glass tube a few inches long filled with iron borings or brass filings, having contact plates or pins at the end.

The interspace is filled with a very small quantity of nickel and silver filings, about 95 per cent.

When this is the case the amplitude of the potential difference of the surfaces of the tubular condenser becomes a maximum, and this is indicated by connecting a vacuum tube filled with neon to the surfaces of the condenser.

The box was filled nearly, but not quite full, of granulated hard carbon.

The space enclosed between the front and rear faces of the box is filled about three-quarters full of finely granulated hard carbon, which therefore lies in contact with the front and rear carbon disks of the apparatus, and also fills up the space lying between the lower edge of these disks and the curved surface of the case.

In the types of cable that were first used, the wires, usually with a cotton insulation, were drawn into lead tubes, and the tubes filled with paraffin or other similar compound, which kept the wires from the injurious effects of any moisture which might penetrate the lead tube.

It is a great depression—the continuation of the Adriatic Sea—filled up by deposits brought down by the rivers from the mountains.

Their annals are filled with records of dynastic changes and redistributions of territory, consequent upon treaties signed by foreign powers, in the settlement of quarrels which no wise concerned the people.

Cavour was filled with joy at the turn affairs had taken, for Austria now appeared as the aggressor.

The fasci were suppressed, Sicily was filled with troops, the reserves were called out, a state of siege proclaimed, military courts instituted and the whole movement crushed in a few weeks.

The Socialists and the Freemasons were largely responsible for the agitation, and they filled the country with stories of other priestly and coriventual immoralities, nearly all of which, except the original case at Greco, proved to be without foundation.

Vacancies in the committee are to be filled by the barons themselves.

The simple form of ocellus described in the foregoing paragraph may become folded into a pit or cup, the interior of which becomes filled with a clear gelatinous secretion forming a sort of vitreous Modified after Linko, Travaux Soc. Imp. Nat., St.

Pending appeal, the appellant's see is not to be filled up. The judges appointed by the bishop of Rome to hear the appeal are to be from the neighbouring provinces.

A distinct feature of this ritual was wµocbayta (eating the flesh of the victim raw), whereby the communicants imagined that they consumed and assimilated the god represented by the victim, and thus became filled with the divine ecstasy.

The ovule is not enclosed in an ovary, and the usually solitary macrospore becomes filled with a prothallus, in the upper part of which are formed several rudimentary archegonia.

In Cat harinea undulata the central h drom cylinder of the aerial stem is a loose tissue, its interstices being filled up with thin-walled, starchy parenchyma.

The epithem is penetrated by a network of fine intercellular spaces, which are normally filled with water and debouch on one or more intercellular cavities below the epidermis.

Sometimes, however, the centre of a bulky root stale has strands of metaxylem (to which may be added strands of metaphioem) scattered through it, the interstices being filled with conjunctive.

The great turgidity which is thus caused exerts a considerable hydrostatic pressure on the stele of the root, the vessels of the wood of which are sometimes filled with water, but at other times contain air, and this often under a pressure less than the ordinary atmospheric pressure.

The swellings have been found to be due to a curious hypertrophy of the tissue of the part, the cells being filled with an immense number of minute bacterium-like organisms of V, X or Y shape.

In some cases it shows, when submitted to a careful examination under the highest powers of the microscope, and especially when treated with reagents of various kinds, traces of a more or less definite structure in the form of a meshwork consisting of a clear homogeneous substance containing numerous minute bodies known as microsomes, the spaces being filled by a more fluid ground-substance.

In many birds the spaces between the metasternum and the posterior processes and again the spaces between this and the oblique process are filled up by proceeding ossification and either remain as notches, or as fenestrae, or they are completely abolished so that the breastbone is turned into one solid more or less oblong plate.

They are very thin-walled membranes, very poor in blood-vessels, formed by the bulged-out pleural or peritoneal covering of the lungs, through the parabronchial tubes of which they are filled with air.

There are few or no local taxes, the municipal chest being filled by the revenues derived from the fertile delta-land, the Kampeneiland, which is always being built up at the mouth of the Ysel.

In March 1890 General Tajes handed over the presidency to Herrera y Obes, a clever but unscrupulous man, who filled every official post with his own friends and ensured the return of his supporters to the chamber.

This outlet having been closed by small stones and sulphate of lime cement, the pit is filled with sulphur ore, which is heaped up considerably beyond the edge of the pit and covered with a layer of burnt-out ore.

It was, as might be looked for, commonly filled by members of distinguished families, descendants of ancient magistrates, who were already beginning to be looked on as noble.

No man ever filled a typical position more exactly than Paley.

In this way it is believed that the sub-aqueous cocoon in which the pupal stage is passed becomes filled with air.

Taking their rise on the plateau formation, or in its outskirts, they flow first along lofty longitudinal valleys formerly filled with great lakes, next they cleave their way through the rocky barriers, and finally they enter the lowlands, where they become navigable, and, describing wide curves to avoid here and there the minor plateaus and hilly tracts, they bring into watercommunication with one another places thousands of miles apart.

This desert is now filled to only a small extent by the salt waters of the Caspian, Aral and Balkash inland seas; but it bears unmistakable traces of having been during Post-Pliocene times an immense inland basin.

When water ballast is employed the water is filled into a tank in the bottom of the wagon or car, its quantity, if passengers are carried, being regulated by the number ascending or descending.

The intervals between the sleepers are filled in level with ballast, 12'2' FIG.

These in their simplest form are cans filled with water, which is heated by immersing them in a vessel containing boiling water.

In some cases, however, they are filled with fused acetate of soda; this salt is solid when cold, but when the can containing it is heated by immersion in hot water it liquefies, and in the process absorbs heat which is given out again on the change of state back to solid.

The long hauls in the United States make it specially important that the cars should carry a load in both directions, and so bcx cars which have carried grain or merchandise one way are filled with wool, coal, coke, ore, timber and other coarse articles for the return journey.

A trench was first excavated to the proper depth, then the side walls and arched roof of brick were put in place, earth was filled in behind and over the arch, and the surface of the ground restored, either by paving where streets were followed, or by actually being built over with houses where the lines passed under private property.

The foreground is filled by the temple and its precincts.

Filled with enthusiasm for the Socratic idea of virtue, he founded a school of his own in the Cynosarges, the hall of the bastards (P6001).

Diogenes Laertius says that his works filled ten volumes, but of these fragments only remain.

The course of his narrative is unperplexed by doubtful or insoluble problems. The painting is filled in with primary colours and with a free hand; and any sense of crudity which may be awakened by close inspection is compensated by the vigour and massive effectiveness of the whole.

And indeed his huge wallet of scraps stood him in little stead at the trim banquets to which he was invited at Oxford, while the wandering habits by which he had filled it absolutely unfitted him to be a guest.

These valleys are generally levelfloored, but at their borders gradually slope upward, and are filled, often to a depth of several thousand feet, with the detritus of gravel, sand and silt from the neighbouring hills.

North of this is the deep bay called in ancient times the Gulf of Iasus (now known as the Gulf of Mendeliyah), and beyond this again was the deeper inlet which formerly extended inland between Miletus and Priene, but of which the outer part has been entirely filled up by the alluvial deposits of the Maeander, while the innermost arm, the ancient Latmic Gulf, is now a lake.

Flies and frogs were also complained of, and Sidonius, writing in the 5th century, complains bitterly of the "feculent gruel" (cloacalis puts) which filled the canals of the city, and gave forth fetid odours when stirred by the poles of the bargemen.

Disciplined troops as they were, they resisted the temptation to escape Ferrara's fire by breaking out to the front; but the whole Spanish line was enfiladed, and on the left of it the papal troops, who were by no means of the same quality, filled up the ditch in front of their breastworks and charged forward, followed by all the gendarmerie.

The attributes of Demeter are chiefly connected with her character as goddess of agriculture and vegetation - ears of corn, the poppy, the mystic basket (calathus) filled with flowers, corn and fruit of all kinds, the pomegranate being especially common.

He filled the office of vice-treasurer from 1660 till 1667, served on the committee for carrying out the declaration for the settlement of Ireland and on the committee for Irish affairs, while later, in 1671 and 1672, he was a leading member of various commissions appointed to investigate the working of the Acts of Settlement.

After his return he filled various educational offices, and took his doctor's degree with two theses, Quid Vestae cultus in institutis veterum privatis publicisque valuerit and Polybe, ou la Grece conquise par les Romains (1858).

We must conceive a time when the sun was swollen to such an extent that it filled up the entire space girdled by the orbit of Mercury.

All puddles and collections of water should be filled in or drained; as a temporary expedient they may be treated with petroleum, which prevents the development of the larvae.

The years from 1195 to 1203 have been filled up with fabulous stories of missions to the Moors; but Dominic stayed at Osma, preaching much in the cathedral, until 1203, when he accompanied the bishop on an embassy in behalf of the king of Castile to "The Marches."

Having filled the post of nuncio in England and Spain, he served successive popes as adviser in matters pertaining to heresy and reform.

Commercial intercourse with Asia Minor, Arabia, Tarshish (probably in Spain) and Ophir filled his coffers, and his realm extended from the Euphrates to the border of Egypt.

I 1-24); Caleb's overthrow of the Hebronite giants finds a parallel in David's conflicts before the capture of Jerusalem, and may be associated with the belief that these primitive giants once filled the land (Josh.

The great saying of each of these rabbis is concerned with the duties of a judge; the selection does justice to the importance of the Sanhedrin, which was filled with Pharisees.

Before this date the Jews had been learning the rOle they afterwards filled, that of the chief promoters of international commerce.

Many Jews have filled professorial chairs at the universities, others have been judges, and in art, literature (there is a notable Jewish publication society), industry and commerce have rendered considerable services to national culture and prosperity.

The principal groups are for the greater part of the year covered with snow, which remains in the deeper clefts throughout the summer; the intervals between them are filled by connecting chains which sometimes reach the height of 3000 ft.

After his return to Paris, where from 1384 onwards he filled the position of master of the college of Navarre, and took part in a violent campaign against the chancellor of Notre-Dame, he was twice entrusted with a mission to Clement VII.

Circlet and arches are richly chased and jewelled; they are filled out by a cap of stiff material, often red velvet, ornamented with pictures in embroidery or appliqué metal.

The intervening depression, which seems to be bounded on the west by a fault, is filled to a large extent by sandstones and marls of Eocene age.

During the short administration of Sir Robert Peel in 1834 and 1835, Aberdeen had filled the office of secretary for the colonies, and in September 1841 he took office again under Peel, on this occasion as foreign secretary; the five years during which he held this position were the most fruitful and successful of his public life.

After this he filled various posts in south Germany - school director at Bamberg (1807), Nuremberg (1808), Ansbach (181o) - until he became professor of exegesis and church history at Heidelberg (1811-1844).

Its northern boundary is the Kuma-Manych depression, a succession of narrow, halfdesiccated lakes and river-beds, only temporarily filled with water and connecting the Manych, a tributary of the Don, with the Kuma, which flows into the Caspian.

After a peaceful period of a quarter of a century the Armenian subjects of Russia in Transcaucasia were filled with bitterness and discontent by the confiscation of the properties of their national (Gregorian) church by the Russian treasury.

But although in his father's lifetime he several times filled the office of consul, and after his death was nominally the partner in the empire with his brother Titus, he never took any part in public business, but lived in great retirement, devoting himself to a life of pleasure and of literary pursuits till he succeeded to the throne.

The main distinction is the occurrence in the tissue of the fruit, or beneath the rind, of clusters of cells filled with hard woody deposit in the case of the pear, constituting the "grit," while in the apple no such formation of woody cells takes place.

In 1822, however, when he had just completed his seventeenth year, this intention was abandoned, and he entered as a clerk in the examiner's office of the India House, "with the understanding that he should be employed from the beginning in preparing drafts of despatches, and be thus trained up as a successor to those who then filled the highest departments of the office."

His little cottage was filled with books and newspapers; the beautiful country round it furnished him with a variety of walks; he read, wrote, discussed, walked, botanized.

His place was now filled by Sieyes.

This cavity contains an irregular mass of whitish tissue, the fat-body, consisting of fat-cells which undergo degradation and become more or less filled with urates.

Nevertheless, the constant increase of our knowledge of insect forms renders classification increasingly difficult, for gaps in the series become filled, and while the number of genera and families increases, the distinctions between these groups become dependent on characters that must seem trivial to the naturalist who is not a specialist.

Robert Boyle, who turned his skill to account in the construction of his air-pump. On the 12th of November 1662 he was appointed curator of experiments to the Royal Society, of which he was elected a fellow in 1663, and filled the office during the remainder of his life.

The next few years were filled with negotiations and intrigues with Spain and France which did not lead to any particular result, but on the death in 1612 of Duke Francesco Gonzaga of Mantua, who was lord of Monferrato, Charles Emmanuel made a successful coup de main on that district.

They were usually solid, but in some cases they were built a sacco- that is to say, two thin outer walls were built and the space between them was filled with grouted rubble.

The first enlargement of the square was effected by Doge Sebastiano Ziani in 1176, when he filled up the canal and rebuilt the church on a new site at D, thus nearly doubling the size of the square.