1.   Because the wooden benches were filled with sleeping soldiers returning from war.

2.   A long bench was filled with people in various stages of eating.

3.   Even if gardeners never actually sit down, their benches are filled with the alluring vision of themselves relaxing, instead of weeding and deadheading.

4.   Now, she says her brood fills three benches.

5.   On a recent chilly afternoon at a park in downtown Buenos Aires, the benches were filled with the ranks of the unemployed.

6.   The dimwits are going to be lucky to fill the bench.

7.   Two large jury pools filled four benches throughout the questioning.

8.   Wilhelm spoke in a courtroom whose benches were filled with family members and classmates of the shooting victims.