stand-in

How To Use stand-in In A Sentence

• The Meal Maker Belgian waffle baker and sandwich griddle is a big stand-in for à full stovetop.
• Perot claims he is serving as a stand-in for whomever the Reform Party nominates at its Labor Day convention.
• There's a storm in an eggcup today over Alistair Darling spending only half the week in London and the rest in Scotland while he takes his turn as Gordon Brown's stand-in during the Prime Minister's "holiday". Archive 2009-08-01
• I thought going to a cart was about getting some food, not being a stand-in herded through a publicity shot. At Lunch Now: Boulud Says “Shake Shack Has Nothing On My Burger!” | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
• Plus, all of the self-deprecating, angst-riddled lines that Allen writes for himself (or his stand-in) have gotten a little old over the years.
• However, Tim Flowers' stand-in was up to the shot and knocked the ball down before gathering at the second attempt.
• The accident happened when the woman, a stand-in chargehand, was working in the factory's pre-pack section.
• As my explanations here are probably above your understand-ings, lattlebrattons, though as augmentatively uncomparisoned as Cadwan, Cadwallon and Cadwalloner, I shall revert to a more expletive method which I frequently use when I have to sermo with muddlecrass pupils. Finnegans Wake
• He was also replaced by a stand-in because he was in police custody at the time of the race. The Sun
• Take your pick from the central defensive duo of Paddy McLoughlin and stand-in skipper Ruairi Boyle.