How to Use fulfill in a Sentence

fulfill

verb
Definition of fulfillnext
Synonyms for fulfillnext
  • If we could have that house, our dreams would be fulfilled.
  • He fulfilled his pledge to cut taxes.
  • He's trying to fulfill himself as an artist.
  • The program is intended to fulfill the basic needs of children in the community.
  • She failed to fulfill her obligations.
  • She fulfilled her life's ambition when she started her own business.
  • He fulfilled his childhood wish to become a professional baseball player.
  • But—for your life to fulfill itself—you’ve got to do it.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The show will not have anyone else fulfill their duties as the strike goes on.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 3 May 2023
  • The onus is now on the South Asian giant to fulfill that promise or bear the consequences.
    — Megha Mandavia, wsj.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The company will now need to produce even more units to fulfill the rest of the preorders.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Yes, and to fulfill one of the goals of our immigration system.
    — Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But Slovis wanted the chance to fulfill his college goal of finding the right fit.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Luke Bryan helped fulfill the wish of a young fan fighting cancer over the weekend.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • As the oldest member of BTS, Jin was the first to fulfill his military duties.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 2 June 2023
  • When the bridge was conceived to fulfill a practical purpose, it got built.
    — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Customers looking to fulfill their coffee fix can turn to the brand’s new Frosty cream cold brew that uses the same pumpkin spice syrup as the frozen treat.
    — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Students are asked to think about and research the needs of their communities and to propose a new project that fulfills a need that has not yet been met.
    — Lauren Matchison, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Organized crime co-opts a lot of state functions, such as the police and sometimes the military, to fulfill their own needs.
    — Los Angeles Times En Español, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • For her 90th birthday, Marg Burg decided to fulfill one of her lifelong dreams.
    — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2023
  • At the current rate, the bloc will be unable to fulfill its commitment to provide one million shells and missiles to Ukraine by March 2024.
    — Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
  • SwimCapz is able to serve clients in any region in the world as long as there is a delivery service in the country that can fulfill orders.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • Nick Thompson and Danielle Ruhl had no choice but to fulfill their work obligations before heading to the altar.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
  • To even remotely fulfill this promise, software must be useful to many sizes and styles and types of workforces.
    — WIRED, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Will those last two episodes fulfill the brand and the character’s potential, or just set things up for the return of Daredevil?
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2024
  • All the same, no one should feel forced to reveal their health history, just to fulfill a conversation-starter.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The two fulfill different tasks and approach them in different ways.
    — Dmitry Mishunin, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • But experts widely agree the FOIA process must be modernized and fixed, as requests can sometimes take months, even years, to fulfill.
    — Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This will fulfill any meat and potatoes craving, especially when served with a rich, brown gravy.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Cardiac arrest is when the heart cannot fulfill its duties, such as pumping oxygenated blood around the body to reach critical areas such as the brain and the rest of the body.
    — Christopher Desimone, M.d., Ph.d. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023

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