sub

Example Sentences

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The health department's handling of sub national planning has been a disaster.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

You can go maximalist — an Alison Roman–style ham party, complete with pickled vegetables, fancy mustard and crusty bread — or you can go blissfully minimal with a giant sub sliced into generous hunks.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

During climactic scenes he pumped thousands of gallons of fake blood through the sub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

As the sub dropped below 200 metres, the last traces of light disappeared, and indigo faded into total darkness.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Nihil sub sole novum, I thought as I walked back down the hall to my room.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt