sub

Example Sentences

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Kempy convinced me to put Ricardo down as a sub, and not to have any contact with him until Monday, after the game.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“In theory, the Navy could implement an overhaul work package in Australia and reduce the work needed when the sub returns home.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 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

When they open them, a seascape galaxy of stars appears -- the bluish-white flashes of creatures from plankton and jellyfish to shrimp and fish responding to the sub lights.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 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