benchwarmer
Example Sentences
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Setup: The toys adapt to a new home, Bonnie’s bedroom, where Woody gets relegated to the unfamiliar role of benchwarmer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The greatest moment by a Dodger benchwarmer in baseball history, a guy so embedded in the landscape of Los Angeles sports that he will be forever known simply by two abbreviated versions of his name...
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025
Plenty of players leave high-majors for low-majors, or even lower divisions, where they might go from benchwarmer to starter.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
Largely because of that, Doby’s subsequent turnaround in 1948, from benchwarmer to catalyst of Cleveland’s last World Series championship club, became one of the most meaningful stories of baseball’s postwar era.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2021
I’ll probably be a benchwarmer on the C squad while Bowdy goes on to all-state glory and fame.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
