Examples of subheading in a Sentence
The newspaper headline read “House burns down on Elm Street” with the subheading “Arson suspected.”
You can find the chart in the “Financial Matters” chapter under the subheading “Mortgages and Loans.”
Recent Examples on the Web
Incumbents are listed in the bolded subheading alongside their district number.
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Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2024
The subheading on that book is A Biomythography by Audre Lorde.
—Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
Click on any of their articles, which are short and organized by bullet points with bold subheadings.
—April Rudin, Forbes, 17 July 2023
In other indexes to large editions, the entries for the central characters often degenerate simply into long lists of subheadings, each followed by an offputtingly long run of page numbers.
—Lauren Kane, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2023
The bottom line is that, for this subheading, Betteridge's law definitely applies.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2022
That is the subheading.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Aug. 2022
The error was repeated in a subheading.
—New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021
The subheading really is not.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2014
Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2024
The subheading on that book is A Biomythography by Audre Lorde.
—Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
Click on any of their articles, which are short and organized by bullet points with bold subheadings.
—April Rudin, Forbes, 17 July 2023
In other indexes to large editions, the entries for the central characters often degenerate simply into long lists of subheadings, each followed by an offputtingly long run of page numbers.
—Lauren Kane, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2023
The bottom line is that, for this subheading, Betteridge's law definitely applies.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2022
That is the subheading.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Aug. 2022
The error was repeated in a subheading.
—New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021
The subheading really is not.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2014
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Word History
First Known Use
1842, in the meaning defined above
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“Subheading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subheading. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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subheading
noun
sub·head·ing
ˈsəb-ˌhed-iŋ 
: subhead
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