A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc.
A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids.
With photography, images started to substitute for words, and literacy progressively gave way to imagery in a variety of new human experiences related to space, movement, and aspects of life otherwise not visible.
And it is becoming the argument of the many emancipatory movements promoting the religions of atheism and agnosticism as a substitute for religion.
They cannot, however, substitute for an education that builds the power of thinking and feeling for practical experiences of increased complexity and dynamism.
As there was a difficulty in reaching the port of Boston early in the winter, Burgoyne had applied to Washington to change the place of embarkation, and to substitute for it some place on the Sound.
Subsequently Mr. Christopher brought forward his scale of duties as a substitute for those of Sir Robert Peel; but the original proposition was carried by an equally overwhelming majority.
It is no longer considered an error in diet to drink a moderate amount of water with the meals, so long as it is not used as a substitute for mastication, and as a means of washing the food into the stomach.
Hess's report of the good results which he has found to be derived from the use of the ultra violet rays as a substitute for sunshine in winter, would seem to confirm this view.
Irish moss may be used as a substitute for gelatin.
When fully ripened, it is exceedingly tough, fibrous, and porous, and is sometimes used as a substitute for sponge: whence the name.
It may be grown as a substitute for Spinach, in the manner directed for the Common or Green-leaved variety.
The young shoots are eaten early in the season, as a substitute for asparagus, which they resemble in taste.
Replacing the sensuous philosophy and political antipathies of Owen, it is taught, unconnected with the political agitation which marked his views, as a philosophy of life, and a substitute for religion.
The Christian apologist availed himself of the new ethical inquiries as a corroboration of revealed religion; the Deist, as a substitute for it.
A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.
A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.
If used in large amounts, especially if taken as a substitute for food, tea and coffee upset the nervous system and disturb the heart, and produce an unwholesome craving for more.
This implies a return to a specie basis, and no substitute for it can be devised.
I see no substitute for such a system, except in placing all the Indians on large reservations, as rapidly as it can be done, and giving them absolute protection there.
There is a substitute for pie-crusts that is very tasty, and not at all harmful.
Usually the milk of the cow is given as a substitute for mother's milk.
Memorizing thus becomes a substitute for thinking, and makes study an extremely dull task.
The artificiality of the authority of a teacher as the main support for conclusions is plainly seen in the fact that there is no substitute for it outside of and after school and college.
In other words, memorizing then becomes a by-product of thinking, instead of a substitute for it.
In their season the edible fungi grow in great profusion; they are nitrogenous, containing the same nutritive elements as meat, and well serve as a substitute for it, giving a pleasant change to the limited bill of frugal fare.
Veal is frequently used as a substitute for chicken.
Water is drunk hot by the very poor, as a substitute for tea.
Its roots roasted and ground are used as a substitute for, adulterant of, or addition to coffee; both roots and leaves are employed as salads; and the plant is grown as a fodder or herbage crop which is greedily consumed by cattle.
Let every one bear in mind that water is no substitute for broth; that vinegar or water is no substitute for wine, etc.
A little vinegar may be used as a substitute for wine, but it is very inferior, and in many dishes it cannot be used at all.
At present the use of natural gas as a substitute for coal in the manufacture of glass, iron, and steel is in its infancy.
It is said to have been used as a substitute for box in engraving, but with what success does not appear.
They are said to have found a substitute for International Law, and it is an open secret that they are even now in search of a substitute for victory.
But the Germans have long since found a substitute for veracity as well as for leather and butter and rubber and bread.
When Evangelina swoons At the sound of the maroons, Mrs. Hemans comes in handy As a substitute for brandy.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "substitute for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
