Example Sentences

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Determined not to quarantine either story, she prefers what she calls the egalitarian “jump cut,” to the subordinating “meanwhile.”

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

“We are going to collaborate .. but without subordinating ourselves,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

He prioritized camaraderie with league officials to burnish his résumé, subordinating WSU’s interests.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Foti did not respond when asked about Gosar's pattern of subordinating congressional rules to his religion.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2023

For that matter, many of the words that were traditionally called subordinating conjunctions, like before and after, are actually prepositions.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker