Sentence examples for are surrogates from inspiring English sources

"They are surrogates for the American economy".

Wire and sheets of metal, often crumpled, are surrogates for paint.

They are surrogates in a greater sense than is true of most associations".

The daughters also are surrogates, appearing on Mr. Huntsman's behalf at events around the country.

One has the sense that both characters are surrogates for Murdoch himself and that this baggy, sentimental but deeply charming film is just thinly veiled autobiography.

The settings for much of The Corrections and Freedom are surrogates for his home town: St Jude (a fictional location) and St Paul (an actual one), respectively.

For most gymnasts, their coaches are surrogate fathers or mothers.

Two still-life subjects of cosmetics and toiletries by Barbara Hirsch Lember are surrogate portraits of her mother.

For many people who are on their own at Christmas, there are surrogate families.

Teachers are surrogate parents with a similar socializing influence as students' parents (Herring and Wahler 2003).

And because they're older, in a way they are surrogate parents to me.