Sentence examples for of a substitute from inspiring English sources

I had to think of a substitute.

Some platforms offer something of a substitute.

"This has become sort of a substitute for religion for you," one of them said, awed.

He ambled away from the Yankees with all the anonymity of a substitute teacher.

He has the sensible air of a substitute teacher well up for some staffroom biscuit banter.

(Barnes replied, sarcastically, that "this did not seem much of a substitute for a wife").

The last-minute appearance of a substitute anesthesiologist, however, is not quite so encouraging.

His good performances are barely adequate; he has all the authority of a substitute teacher.

Achieving softness and fluffiness doesn't seem like much of a substitute.

"Perhaps his trip to Europe should be seen as a sort of a substitute," Mr. Fewsmith said.

Not least, experiments will now need to be carried out with the real deal, instead of a substitute.