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Lucy had been carried back by their terrible pursuers to fulfil her original destiny, by becoming one of the harem of the Elder's son.

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 Meanings and Examples of FULFIL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fulfil
 v.  fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room
Classic Sentence: (113 in 8 pages)
1  I shall do my duty as conscientiously as I can, and fulfil my promise to the dying man.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.
2  It is important that you should fulfil this mission in person and alone.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
3  "I will fulfil all your wishes, my dear mother," said the young man.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 91. Mother and Son.
4  It might have been thought that he hoped the beverage would be mortal, and that he sought for death to deliver him from a duty which he would rather die than fulfil.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 108. The Judge.
5  The spirits that guarded me had provided these moments, or rather hours, of happiness that I might retain strength to fulfil my pilgrimage.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
6  If I were engaged in any high undertaking or design, fraught with extensive utility to my fellow creatures, then could I live to fulfil it.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
7  Yet I cannot ask you to renounce your country and friends to fulfil this task; and now that you are returning to England, you will have little chance of meeting with him.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
8  I clearly understand it now, and I will strictly fulfil my engagement by such acts of assistance and kindness to them as you have described.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
9  Lucy had been carried back by their terrible pursuers to fulfil her original destiny, by becoming one of the harem of the Elder's son.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
10  Its finder has carried it off, therefore, to fulfil the ultimate destiny of a goose, while I continue to retain the hat of the unknown gentleman who lost his Christmas dinner.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
11  That the prioress and the vocal mothers intended to fulfil the wish of the deceased.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
12  Henceforth, there remained Marius to fulfil the part of Providence to Cosette.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN
13  But afterwards, when he could not fulfil what he had promised, either from shame, or through fear of punishment, he poisoned himself.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXXI.
14  And, third, his having vowed to Apollo a tenth of the Veientine plunder, which, if he was to fulfil his vow, he had to recover from his soldiers, into whose hands it had already come.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXIII.
15  He never promised but to fulfil.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  She was convinced that sooner or later she would fulfil her destiny.
2  The contemporary hero is one who stands out against the crowd to fulfil a personal destiny.
3  They have to quicken up their rate of work to fulfil the production quota.
4  The success of her business made it difficult for her to fulfil her role as wife and mother.
5  If the builders don't fulfil their side of the contract, we'll sue.
6  We're looking for a very specific sort of person and this woman seems to fulfil all of our criteria.
7  In spite of all the difficulties, we try to fulfil our task ahead of schedule.
8  We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
9  Only they who fulfill their duty in everday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.
10  Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
11  We ask you to govern fairly and justly, fight corruption and fulfill human rights.
12  A Fed chair has to fulfill two, often conflicting, statutory expectations, and be ready for his or her every word to be minced by the market.
13  Adult education helps people achieve more fulfilled lives.
14  He amply fulfilled the weight of expectation that they had placed on him.
15  When Stephen grew up,he fulfilled his hopes and became a doctor.