sub

Example Sentences

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As well as the 35m-long sub, the security forces also seized six speedboats, seven outboard motors and dozens of barrels of fuel.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

One sub plays the quarry and the other helps hunt.

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

“Which sub is that?” said Winston, automatically feeling for money.

From "1984" by George Orwell