Sentence examples for plugging a hole from inspiring English sources

Some hospital emergency departments are giving people medicine for withdrawal, plugging a hole in a system that too often fails to provide immediate treatment.

But we must start looking beyond it and at the greater issue, or we are just plugging a hole in a continually leaky boat.

Sporting a spiked mullet and a series of tacky T-shirts, he zips around the stage merrily, adding comic commentary or plugging a hole in the plot.

Mr. Dostum may prove critical, however, in plugging a hole in Mr. Karzai's support by bringing the ethnic Uzbek vote in the north to his side.

And, while the E.C.B. did step up and buy Italian and Spanish government bonds last month, in order to keep those countries afloat, by doing this it was plugging a hole that its own actions had done much to create.

In strength-based parenting, we would say, okay, I don't want my kid to be limited when they grow up, but rather than plugging a hole, how about if the child can use their strengths to overcome their weaknesses.

"They're just looking to plug a hole".

Cash to finance growth, claimed L&G, not to plug a hole in the balance sheet.

The opinion also sought to plug a hole in a similar ruling made public last month.

Plug a hole in your decor with these adaptable pieces, available in three shapes.

He promised to "plug a hole" in his résumé with a vice-presidential candidate.