substance
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On one residential street, two machines about 20 yards apart are spattered with a bright white substance.
From BBC
“Not as just supported on paper, but that it’s supported in substance, too.”
Back in the 1990s, chemists invented a weird substance called a metal-organic framework.
The differences in tone and substance between the president’s address and the speeches at the Press Club were glaring.
From Salon
He can now point to a result that suggests the party's buoyant opinion poll ratings since he became leader have some substance to them.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
