sub
noun
a submarine.
was subbing
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past progressiveof sub.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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
Batting ninth, Sosa was subbing for Alec Bohm at third base.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
She was subbing for a teacher who was having trouble finding childcare.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 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 James Montgomery Flagg
