benchwarmer

Example Sentences

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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

A high school benchwarmer who was not recruited out of prep school, Preston envisioned a future in basketball before anyone else saw such a career for him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2022

Brown, the 15th overall pick in 2018, fell out of the Wizards’ rotation this season and Wagner’s role was inconsistent — going from benchwarmer to starter to benchwarmer again.

From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2021

Stefan’s Enakopravnost: On former Penn Quaker, NBA benchwarmer, and youth sports reform advocate Bob Bigelow, who died last week at 66.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2020

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