Sentence examples for filled the position from inspiring English sources

Ira Cook had filled the position on an interim basis.

The last time something like that happened was when John Dexter filled the position in the late 1970s and early '80s.

Until he filled the position for a physical anthropologist at Adelphi in 1990, it had been held by adjuncts for years, Dr. Agelarakis said.

Y. Bhaskar Rao, the former chief justice of Karnataka State, filled the position that had been vacant for more than a year after his predecessor, Justice Shivraj V. Patil, was forced to resign following accusations of corruption in land deals.

Mr. Paterson filled the position to end a deadlock in the State Senate's leadership and recruited Mr. Ravitch both to enhance his own sagging political credibility and to help solve the state's increasingly dire fiscal crisis.

Davis himself also filled the position of general in chief of the Confederate armies until he named Robert E. Lee to that position on February 6 , 1865 when the Confederacy was near collapse.

You want to fill the position; they want the position filled.

The company official said he was in a hurry to fill the position.

Rick Down, the former batting coach under Buck Showalter, is a candidate to fill the position.

Mr. Cott fills the position long held by Lonny Price, who will become a resident director.

Mr. Vinegrad will fill the position held by Loretta E. Lynch, who steps down on Friday.