How to Use subplot in a Sentence

subplot

noun

• Christie is said to have based the Daisy subplot on the renowned Lindbergh baby case in 1932.
  — Michelle F. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2022
• The two don’t get along at all — and so begins the series’ rom-com subplot.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
• Why this is nuts: This is the worst subplot that has ever appeared in a movie.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
• The Ravens’ effort to get to Stroud will be as important as any subplot in the game.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
• And that's to say nothing of the Super Bowl 47 rematch subplot.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• Princess Beatrice's subplot about substance abuse isn't in the film.
  — Town & Country, 11 Aug. 2023
• The subplots throughout this fixture are just as juicy.
  — David Ferrini, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• There are also stale subplots that are riffs on things the show has done before.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
• There were plenty of personal subplots in this loss to the Chiefs.
  — John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• There were subplots to each of those competitions that just added to the Iron Bowl lore.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2023
• Maybe this was a subplot about a Gordy’s Home superfan?
  — Vulture, 27 July 2022
• 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
• So Harriet has a lot more to do — but her subplot still feels schematic, not quite lived-in.
  — Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
• This movie also has the best Rocky subplot: Balboa buys a robot for his friend and brother-in-law, Paulie.
  — Good Housekeeping, 16 Apr. 2023
• The season's most spine-tingling subplot is about something going on in the pipes at Kristen's house.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 15 June 2022
• There are no good guys or bad guys, no nefarious subplots, nobody in a cape swooping in to save the day.
  — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2023
• The most one-off-iest subplot suddenly reveals a massive part of the show's mythology.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 15 June 2022
• In a welcome change from the book, both Margaret’s mother and grandmother get their own small subplots.
  — Kristen Page-Kirby, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• Dolores doesn’t age, and in this subplot there is no mention of the past, no discussion of seven years between now and the end of Rehoboam.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• What’s a simple Instagram post and what’s fodder for a subplot?
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 18 June 2022
• An interesting subplot to the inevitable tanking will be that of the trade market.
  — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
• This was quite an interesting subplot as the scene shifted to Oregon and the biggest game of Utah’s season, no?
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Nov. 2022
• The girls visit a bar where adults drink, and there’s a mature subplot about one of them having a father who’s missing/walked out on the family.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
• To look or not to look: That was the question Fez mulled as Euphoria’s superheated subplots swirled around his life.
  — Vulture, 8 Aug. 2023
• Those factors represent the obstacles in her path, but the movie hardly has room for subplots.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
• Beyond the near certainty of Bedard going first, there are several subplots to how the rest of the first round unfolds.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 28 June 2023
• For much of the second season, members of the FX series’ ensemble are flung off into their own subplots.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 June 2023
• That’s just one juicy subplot to a matchup between two of the biggest draws in the sport on a weekend that could have postseason implications.
  — Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY, 13 May 2022
• There was also a romantic subplot where Kimble has an affair with his dead wife’s sister while on the lam.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
• So while Rams’ playoff chase is the main story line, Nacua’s record chase offers an intriguing subplot.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024