Sentence examples for were substituted from inspiring English sources
verb
To use in place of something else, with the same function.
- I had no shallots so I substituted onion.
Rehearsal costumes were substituted, a show spokesman said.
Griezmann also laboured and both of them were substituted.
At Hillsborough, the miners were substituted for another group of demonised working-class people – Liverpool fans.
The celebratory mood was reflected in the ovations for Keane and Duff when they were substituted.
Three solos were substituted for planned programs Saturday and Sunday, to no less provocative effect.
In one case, aspirin tablets were substituted for a schizophrenia drug, Zyprexa.
The duo were substituted from a clash in which a fast-starting Richmond were never headed before 45,268 spectators.
When bricks and tiles were substituted for the wood, amphitheaters and little urban oases were also possible.
New plates were substituted in all instances as the errors were discovered".
Photographs were substituted for the missing items and admission prices eliminated.
Sweet reason and tolerance were substituted for the old king's brutal laws.
