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Example sentences for "filled away"

  • We had made the mistake, on board, of supposing that a new President had been chosen the last winter, and, as we filled away, the captain hailed and asked who was President of the United States.

  • Toward morning a strong breeze sprang up, and we filled away, and left it astern, and at daylight it was out of sight.

  • It was just dinner-time when we filled away, and the steward, taking a few bunches of onions for the cabin, gave the rest to us, with a bottle of vinegar.

  • Toward morning, a strong breeze sprang up, and we filled away, and left it astern, and at daylight it was out of sight.

  • It was just dinner-time when we filled away; and the steward, taking a few bunches of onions for the cabin, gave the rest to us, with a bottle of vinegar.

  • He filled away, and came about as soon as he got steerage-way.

  • Hauling in his sheets, he filled away on the starboard tack.

  • Attending to the sheets, he filled away on the port tack.

  • Then he filled away in pursuit of the yacht; but she ran away from him very easily, and finally disappeared in the darkness.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "filled away" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    aged father; born women; both alike; catching fish; copper sulphate; currently vacant; dear husband; enabled them; filled away; filled with; good doctor; high schools; let alone; lowered down; major source; peptonized milk; said sternly; shower bath; social production; thinking over; thirty pounds; unsuccessful attack; will undertake