Sentence examples for substitute for someone from inspiring English sources

There may be no substitute for someone who takes charge.

"There's no substitute for someone on the ground".

To as great an extent as possible, workers receive training on a variety of assembly jobs, which allows them to switch when they choose or to substitute for someone who is absent.

But then he continues, adding melody and alighting upon a rhyme that encourages us to hear the music in what came before: Ubiquitous and often heard As a substitute for someone's Christian name And I think yeah the word is ugly — all the same Ugly got a case to make His brief on behalf of ugliness is belied, naturally, by music that fails to be ugly in the least.

The most uncanny impersonation is, after all, an approximation, an interpretation, a shadow of, a substitute for, someone else's own irreplaceable greatness -- a greatness that is all over "Mr. Dynamite," from downbeat to fade out.

While he admits that "there are times when there's no substitute" for hearing someone's voice or seeing someone in person, he contends that a number of emails are "communication that otherwise would not have happened" and thus increase one's connectedness to other people.

There's no substitute for looking someone in the eye".

The instinct to help people is a noble one, but it cannot be a substitute for paying someone a minimum wage.

There's such unforgettable stars as "Face with uneven eyes and mouth" (tl dr: drunk), "salt shaker" (which will obviously become the go-to substitute for calling someone salty) and "frowning pile of poo" — because it's 2017 and even poo is unhappy with things right now.

Usage: Usually substitute for calling someone a "bitch" or an "asshole".

**Giving money is one thing, but making a donation to help someone else oppose Trump is no substitute for individual and collective mobilization.