How to Use subplot in a Sentence

subplot

noun

• Those are all subplots for Judd, though.
  — Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
• The matchup also came with a dugout subplot.
  — Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
• Emily’s subplot may be the best through-line present in this episode.
  — Grace Byron, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
• This is a solid subplot for Hughie as well.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 May 2026
• Partly this is thanks to the fact that there are none of the show’s worst subplots to be found.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• There are too many characters and too many subplots for a one-act play.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
• There are a lot of subplots afoot here, and not all of them completely land.
  — EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025
• There are also stale subplots that are riffs on things the show has done before.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
• That scene aside, though, Beth has the most striking subplot of the episode.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2021
• The two don’t get along at all — and so begins the series’ rom-com subplot.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
• But the subplot doesn’t have enough space to breathe, despite Odom’s strong work.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2021
• A number of subplots have been added to spice up the recipe, though none of them has much substance.
  — Paul Mungo, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
• The film moves at a pace dictated by the sheer number of subplots.
  — Elizabeth Holmes, Town & Country, 16 Sep. 2019
• This is more of a micro-story than a real subplot.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
• This game’s subplot is the quarterback matchup.
  — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
• This has contributed to a blame game that has been a subplot throughout the protests.
  — Alanna Durkin Richer, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020
• These three players will give us another great subplot to watch for the rest of the year.
  — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 18 June 2018
• In the end, the subterfuge with Priester served merely as a subplot.
  — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• His subplot with Dorota was one of the sweetest through-lines of the show.
  — Alexis Nedd, Cosmopolitan, 19 Sep. 2017
• The art subplot that's there now was really where the book started.
  — Albert Williams, Chicago Reader, 14 June 2018
• About two-thirds of the way through, the story wanders too far into subplots.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
• 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
• Princess Beatrice's subplot about substance abuse isn't in the film.
  — Town & Country, 11 Aug. 2023
• And George's 8 Mile subplot is full of action.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 June 2026
• Or move on to another Sweeney subplot.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
• There were plenty of personal subplots in this loss to the Chiefs.
  — John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• There was also a subplot about Derek going through a painful divorce.
  — Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
• Of course, all of this is happening in the shadow of what feels like a lazy subplot on a bad sitcom.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 20 July 2023
• These subplots were the best part of the season and laid the groundwork for the soaring heights of the finale.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026
• That subplot hung heavy over the team last season, even while the Warriors were winning.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 18 Oct. 2019