benchwarmer

Example Sentences

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It is this admiration from teammates that has elevated Moss from an anonymous benchwarmer to the most important person on this team.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024

Card, whose Texas career pinballed from starter to benchwarmer only to see Sarkisian court another hotshot like Ewers, opted to stay even though he is more than a year away from graduation.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 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