How to Use subject in a Sentence

subject

1 of 3 noun

• I need to break the news to her, but I'm not sure how to bring up the subject.
• These meetings would be much shorter if we could keep him from getting off the subject.
• Death is a difficult subject that few people like to talk about.
• Chemistry was my favorite subject in high school.
• The new museum is the subject of an article in today's paper.
• The morality of capital punishment is a frequent subject of debate.
• If you're interested in linguistics, I know an excellent book on the subject.
• The classes cover a variety of subject areas, including mathematics and English.
• And the other, who was the subject of the 911 call, did not.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 30 June 2020
• Glenn got out and the subject started to run, the chief said.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 7 Oct. 2021
• The dearth of films about the subject is a double-edged sword.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
• The subjects, armed with a pistol and a knife, reached him.
  — Daniel Shoer Roth, miamiherald, 4 May 2018
• The subject’s eyes are huge and dark, her brows thick, her mouth plump.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 26 Dec. 2017
• Ming says the work’s true subject is the light the artwork captures.
  — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
• The subject of this road test is a perfect case in point.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 23 Jan. 2023
• Use the drop down menu to choose a subject and student group.
  — al, 1 Nov. 2022
• The subject of battery life is a touchy one for the Pixel.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 3 Aug. 2020
• Amid a bad week, Facebook would like very much to change the subject.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• The next, the test subjects might be clad only in underwear in the cold.
  — Rachel S. Gross, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2019
• It's been the subject of memes and parodies and tweets.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2018
• Aliens, though, are not the subject of the current debate.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2020
• This is a tricky subject, to say the least, and one that many of us are, or will be, grappling with.
  — WSJ, 4 May 2018
• Today, the subject is what should stay out of the safe-deposit box.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
• As in many Bernstein works, the subject is a crisis of faith.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2018
• There is no blood or gore, as if to suggest the subjects have been through enough.
  — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
• Free and open to the public subject to available space.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2022
• And if that’s not enough to prove to them that sentencing is a subject ...
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2022
• The fate of the worm had always remained a tender subject for him.
  — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2021
• The San Diego Union-Tribune reported the investigation two weeks ago, although the subject of the probe remains unclear.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
• The choice of subjects was made in concert with Kublaiklan collective, the curator, and Milano Certosa District, that promoted the project.
  — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024

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subject

2 of 3 adjective

• Please put Season of the Arts in the subject line of your email.
  — Jane Wooldridge, miamiherald, 10 July 2018
• Email your answer in the subject line to [e-mail].
  — WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
• Make sure to type Retail Roundup in the subject line of your email.
  — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
• The card, of course, in wrestling is always subject to change.
  — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
• There’s a brief message in the body of the email and a six-digit figure in the subject line.
  — Wilson M. Sims, Longreads, 7 Sep. 2023
• The drugs included in the study, though, are subject to change.
  — Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2020
• His entire life has been subject to the rhythms of work at Tyson.
  — Lauren Hilgers, The New Yorker, 10 July 2020
• The bill’s text is not yet finalized, and the deal is still subject to changes.
  — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 19 Dec. 2022
• Odds to win have been moving and are subject to change.
  — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 28 May 2022
• The plan will be based on a template from the state and will be subject to state review.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2022
• The date was from three years before, the subject line: common sense.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
• Twitter is now subject to the whims of owner Elon Musk, the richest man in the world.
  — Emily Parker, CNN, 12 Nov. 2022
• Email your answer in the subject line to [e-mail]. Download PDF.
  — WSJ, 16 Feb. 2023
• Tweets or posts are the subject line of the news releases and are not reviewed.
  — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2018
• Be sure to check in with each place because times are subject to change.
  — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 3 Jan. 2020
• There’s no better subject for that than the people and places who made him.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
• Offers are to be emailed to [e-mail] and include Dutch Girl offer in the subject line.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2023
• Statutes are subject to change and therefore shouldn’t be viewed as deals.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 7 Dec. 2019
• Only rarely will the subject line on an email pitch entice me enough to click.
  — Amanda Schupak, SELF, 19 Oct. 2018
• Ishbia will now be subject to a vetting process by the NBA.
  — Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2022
• Gun rights might be subject to the same kind of at-the-margins tailoring.
  — Joseph Blocher, Vox, 24 Mar. 2018
• Retail stores may also be subject to the city's ban in the future.
  — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2020
• These are large companies that would be subject to the strictest rules.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Nov. 2022
• The court's opinion found that grants are subject to the spending limit.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2021
• Clubs that don't comply will be subject to fines, the release said.
  — Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
• The bill could be subject to one if not two filibusters.
  — Fox News, 28 Dec. 2020
• Note that prices and deals are accurate as of press time but may be subject to change.
  — Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2022
• The project would still be subject to state permitting.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 31 Oct. 2020
• To reply to other posts, simply include ‘re:’ or ‘to’ the topic in the subject line of your post.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
• All health care technology vendors that exceed a certain size or scope should be subject these measures.
  — Jonathan Slotkin and David Vawdrey, STAT, 14 Mar. 2024

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subject

3 of 3 verb

• Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage.
• At this stage, Fox News is told the House will subject this to a two-thirds vote for passage.
  — Fox News, 28 Dec. 2020
• To see how much blackfish could take, the men subjected them to more tests.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2019
• The challenge from China will subject them to their greatest test since the early days of the cold war.
  — The Economist, 20 Mar. 2021
• The question of why Tse would subject herself to such a deal is soon answered.
  — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 22 Sep. 2021
• On more levels than any of us needs to be subjected to here.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 21 Oct. 2019
• Luckily for all of us, Shawn Mendes did not subject his face to that process!
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021
• The Taliban have a medieval worldview, and their goal is to subject the whole country to it.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 July 2021
• The rule lists subject areas that schools must offer that are not listed in Ohio law.
  — cleveland, 20 Oct. 2021
• But their phantom fears subject us all to very real ones.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
• This cooled the nozzles, which otherwise could not have borne the heat they were subjected to.
  — Oliver Morton, WIRED, 4 June 2019
• But the capsule reviewer seemingly made a choice to not subject users to all of that.
  — Amos Barshad, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
• That would subject them to curbs very similar to those that have been in effect in Russia for around a decade.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Mar. 2023
• There’s no need to subject Jones to that kind of punishment this early in his career.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• Such a move could subject ghost guns to the same regulations as other firearms.
  — Zusha Elinson, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021
• After all, wasn’t that exactly what the Spurs had just subjected their fans to?
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 9 May 2018
• Who wants to step in front of that freight train and subject themselves to the rage and marginalization in social media and elsewhere?
  — WSJ, 14 June 2021
• Visa winners are then subjected to a lengthy background check that can last for months.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 31 Jan. 2018
• The best way to tell is to collect rock samples from Mars and subject them to the scrutiny of the most advanced instruments on Earth.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
• To sell through the site is to be subjected to a system of discipline and punishment.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2019
• So John exacts his revenge, subjecting those who tried to con him to a deadly game.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 22 Aug. 2023
• But first, the other inmates subject the newcomers to a trial of their own.
  — Mitchel Benson, sacbee, 25 Apr. 2018
• That will subject Smith to a mandatory 99-year sentence.
  — CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
• They are merged in a lab and subjected to chemicals and an electric shock to spur the merged cell to start dividing.
  — Karin Brulliard, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Some of the comments that our athletes are subjected to are simply too vile to publish.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020
• No one – youth or staff – should be subjected to the violence that happens there.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2017
• Visa winners are then subjected to background checks that can last for months.
  — Author: Linda Qiu, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
• Those can subject characters to forget court fees, be caught with a felon, or lose housing.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2021
• After the arrests, it was discovered that Dee Dee subjected Gypsy to unnecessary medical treatments and convinced her daughter and others that her daughter had a litany of illnesses as a child.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
• Earlier, the White House announced voluntary commitments by leading AI companies to subject their models to outside safety testing.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024