sub

Example Sentences

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The sub took up to three people on the dives, collecting the fossil samples using robotic arms.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

She has dedicated the honour to "all the sub postmasters that we have lost".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

"He's tiny! It's blue!" one excited scientist was recorded as saying when she first caught sight of the cerulean cephalopod on footage transmitted from the sub.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Ed Newton, a Philadelphia-based photographer, entered the sub rosa world of the ramp hunt when he set out with several foragers this spring.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

"Not much hope of waking Lou. German destroyer sank his sub in 1941, off the Orkneys. She"—Joe nodded back at Mrs. Gretton—"never really got over it, poor love."

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell