second banana
Example Sentences
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Foster’s Bonnie may be second banana, but she engenders real compassion when she asserts herself letting viewers in on her life even if Diana is blind to Bonnie’s desires.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024
Vance famously resented having to play Ethel as a frumpy, overweight second banana, a resentment that we see Lucy stoking here in a particularly petty way.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2021
A second banana was the second most important person in an organization.
From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2021
Watching Candace Against the Universe with my delighted, now–Candace-aged Phineas and Ferb fans, I was so pleased to see a longtime second banana get her due.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2020
As a second banana shoe burp-squeaked onto the floor, Kyle looked up and there he was—Mr. Lemoncello!
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
