Examples of benchwarmer in a Sentence
I played a little, but mostly I was a benchwarmer.
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The 44th president had spent most of his high school hoops career as a benchwarmer but nevertheless played a pickup game with NBA’s biggest stars for his 50th birthday, including Magic Johnson, LeBron James and Chris Paul.
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Kara Voght, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
Like an out-of-shape benchwarmer, our intermittent national bicker over the appropriate reasons to award hardware to young athletes has wheezed its way back onto the playing field.
—Jason Gay, wsj.com, 24 Apr. 2023
Frustrating, no doubt, for someone who’d rather be a starter than a benchwarmer.
—Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2022
Meet Josiah Johnson, the former UCLA benchwarmer who became an NBA meme king.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
Brooks was a freshman benchwarmer when the Wildcats steamrolled his Wolverines to win the 2018 national championship in this building, and that might as well have been a lifetime ago.
—Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Mar. 2022
The league’s action places the spotlight on vaccine holdouts among the players, and could create a quandary for coaches: A second-rank player or benchwarmer who refuses the shot can be cut for chump change, but starters may be a different story.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2021
Preston started a single basketball game in high school after mostly being a benchwarmer.
—Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2021
If a single player tests positive, that player — whether an All-Star or a benchwarmer — would be isolated and quarantined.
—Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 26 June 2020
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Kara Voght, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
Like an out-of-shape benchwarmer, our intermittent national bicker over the appropriate reasons to award hardware to young athletes has wheezed its way back onto the playing field.
—Jason Gay, wsj.com, 24 Apr. 2023
Frustrating, no doubt, for someone who’d rather be a starter than a benchwarmer.
—Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2022
Meet Josiah Johnson, the former UCLA benchwarmer who became an NBA meme king.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
Brooks was a freshman benchwarmer when the Wildcats steamrolled his Wolverines to win the 2018 national championship in this building, and that might as well have been a lifetime ago.
—Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Mar. 2022
The league’s action places the spotlight on vaccine holdouts among the players, and could create a quandary for coaches: A second-rank player or benchwarmer who refuses the shot can be cut for chump change, but starters may be a different story.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2021
Preston started a single basketball game in high school after mostly being a benchwarmer.
—Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2021
If a single player tests positive, that player — whether an All-Star or a benchwarmer — would be isolated and quarantined.
—Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 26 June 2020
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First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
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“Benchwarmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benchwarmer. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.
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benchwarmer
noun
bench·warm·er
ˈbench-ˌwȯr-mər 
: a reserve player on a sports team
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