was subbing
- past progressive of sub.
Example Sentences
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Dawson was subbing for Chris Woakes, who will miss the remainder of the match with a shoulder injury sustained on day one.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
Adams was subbing in for Bérruz, who was unable to make the trip from his new home in Sonoma County this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
She was subbing for a teacher who was having trouble finding childcare.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
She was subbing in for a co-worker during one of the museum’s Sunday Sketch events, which Mr. Lo attended.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
At three-thirty, Thomas, and Camden, who was doing the city hall, and Greenleaf Whittier Squiggs, who was subbing for the day on the courts, appeared before Jim Brown in an agonized body.
From The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by Flagg, James Montgomery
