REPLENISH in a Sentence

Learn REPLENISH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

11 example sentences for REPLENISH, such as:

1. My fire would not need replenishing for an hour or so.
2. By a tunnel inserted at the rear, this reservoir is kept replenished with water as fast as it evaporates.
3. Not liking to call her he went back and replenished the fire, continuing to do this for more than half an hour.
4. Midway down they were held up by Mary Jane, who replenished them with raspberry or orange jelly or with blancmange and jam.

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 Meanings and Examples of REPLENISH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
replenish
 v.  fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
Classic Sentence:
1  In the cold hour the fire began to die, and I was about stepping forth to replenish it, for now the snow came in flying sweeps and with it a chill mist.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
2  It was one of the taxes she had to pay for their prolonged hospitality, and for the dresses and trinkets which occasionally replenished her insufficient wardrobe.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
3  She unlocked the wardrobe, and taking out her jewel-case, looked under the tray for the roll of bills from which she had replenished the purse before going down to dinner.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
4  Once more, and finally, the replenished pewter went the rounds among the frantic crew; when, waving his free hand to them, they all dispersed; and Ahab retired within his cabin.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.
5  By a tunnel inserted at the rear, this reservoir is kept replenished with water as fast as it evaporates.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
6  "I wish I was going to have a fine time and wear all these nice things," said Amy with her mouth full of pins, as she artistically replenished her sister's cushion.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
7  Not liking to call her he went back and replenished the fire, continuing to do this for more than half an hour.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
8  Midway down they were held up by Mary Jane, who replenished them with raspberry or orange jelly or with blancmange and jam.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
9  I am in great trouble, yet it insists that I shall eat and drink, bids me lay aside all memory of my sorrows and dwell only on the due replenishing of itself.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VII
10  My fire would not need replenishing for an hour or so.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IX
Example Sentence:
1  Before she could take another backpacking trip, Carla had to replenish her stock of freeze-dried foods.