They had all fulfilled the trickiest of American dreams: They had gone for Olympic gold and won … bronze.
Like accolades ought to be, the fulfilled life is a consequence, a gratifying byproduct.
The opportunity for spiritual growth is not going to be fulfilled.
At what point is Manifest Destiny fulfilled—and what are we supposed to do with ourselves then?
Back then, Hillary fulfilled other Monster traits, most notably that she traveled with her very own demon by her side, Bill.
His prophecy of what would happen was fulfilled, and more than fulfilled.
"Like master, like man" was a proverb which he saw daily fulfilled.
These hopes were destined to be fulfilled in the larger McGill of our day.
For every expectation that he fulfilled there was another that he destroyed.
They had been promised ameliorations of their condition as early as 1790, but these promises had not yet been fulfilled.
Old English fullfyllan "fill up, make full," from full + fyllan (see fill, which is ultimately from the root of full). Used early of prophecy and perhaps a translation of Latin implere, adimplere. Related: Fulfilled; fulfilling.