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
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
His happiness can also be seen during his brief moments playing, as he refuses to immediately gun the ball like some opportunistic benchwarmer, instead playing as soundly as if the score were tied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2021
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
And yet here he is, a third- string benchwarmer kind of guy, holding the ball for the great Erik Fisher.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
