Filled With: Standard Pattern
Filled With: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.
Use “fill something with something” for putting contents into a space; the corresponding passive or participial pattern is “be filled with.”
Key details
Further guidance
Construction
Use “fill something with something” for putting contents into a space; the corresponding passive or participial pattern is “be filled with.”
Style Boundary
The active pattern takes an object before “with,” while “filled with” describes the resulting state; this page does not treat every sense of “fill” as the same construction.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
- FILL SOMETHING WITH SOMETHING — Cambridge English Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge Dictionary · Direct dictionary evidence for “fill … with …” and “filled with …” constructions.