Examples of subplot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In that telling of Euro 2020, Italy was somewhere between a subplot and a supporting cast. — New York Times, 11 July 2021 There’s a bit of subplot there because the president-elect of the state workers union, Richard Louis Brown, earlier said the local would not support Newsom because of pandemic pay cuts. — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2021 Instead, go in expecting laughs, poignancy, and, in a subplot involving the CEO’s teen daughter, strong ideas about privileged white people and the dangers wrought by sloppy do-goodism. — BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2021 That is now a subplot of this coaching search, not only how much the next guy gets paid, but who pays it. — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021 One subplot within that idea: Will St. Thomas eventually be able to build a rivalry with the Gophers in at least some key sports? — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 9 Feb. 2021 The play’s unknown author centers a subplot on a raving bigot named Swetnam, who is fond of traducing women. — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2021 That subplot didn't make it to the film adaptation. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 16 June 2021 The film’s numbers, drawn from a wide range of musical styles, rarely follow a single emotional through line, instead presenting entire symphonies of character, gesture, and subplot. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2021

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