The phrase "act of filling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the process or action of filling something, such as a container or a form.
Example: "The act of filling the application form took longer than expected due to the detailed questions."
Alternatives: "process of filling" or "action of filling".
The act of filling in the answers at a polling place or mailing it in from home doesn't take long.
The act of filling the canvas is not informed by meaning, but is an exercise in meaning making.
And I love writing--the pure, solitary act of filling up an empty page with my own ideas -- far too much to allow that to happen.
So they have challenged the form itself, arguing that the very act of filling it out amounts to a "substantial burden" on their faith because it makes them complicit in providing those contraceptives.
The Little Sisters' case hangs on the absurd argument that the simple act of filling out the form — the whole point of which is to guarantee its freedom from the mandate — somehow represents a "substantial burden" on its exercise of religion.
Our hypothesis was that the act of filling out a questionnaire on their opinion of the Diagest 3 study would be a pleasant task that required a low time investment, and that it would be sufficient for GPs to engage with in the main study.
Diaries are made to ease one's mind in a time of crisis, to provide some sense of stability or continuity, if only through the act of gradually filling the blank pages of a notebook.
Spamming is the act of repeatedly filling the chat window or forums with nonsense or gibberish.
The result of this sustained act of empathy filled an entire issue of Koteret Rashit.
So, like an unseen congregation, the poem's readers are invited to share the act of mourning, fill out the pronoun with names of their own.
With the issue settled, the S.E.C., under the direction of its chairwoman, Mary L. Schapiro, is expected to promptly act to fill three of the five seats on the accounting board.
