sub

Example Sentences

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All those moving parts for a player who only made it onto the park as a sub fielder while Australia were still mathematically alive, with Smith powerless to stop Sri Lanka and Pathum Nissanka's charge.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

The ships and sub all survey surrounding waters using their sonar arrays, supplemented by signals from sonar buoys that they and aircraft drop nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

Then the sub flashes its lights several times while those on board close their eyes.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

I bought a buffalo chicken sub at Wilkes Deli and sat by myself on a grassy hill overlooking the football field.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben