the bench

noun

1

law : the place where a judge sits in a court of law

The lawyer asked if he could approach the bench.

2

: a long seat where the members of a sports team wait during a game for a chance to play

He spent most of his season on the bench.

He plays better coming off the bench.

Examples of the bench in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Naz Reid had 20 points and 11 rebounds in his Charlotte debut, Grayson Allen added 21 points off the bench and the Hornets beat the Brooklyn Nets 110-103 on Wednesday night. — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Wooten was a four-star recruit and one of the best sixth players off the bench in the Big 12 in two years for Oklahoma State. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

Miami Heat wing Myron Gardner is becoming known as one of the NBA’s ultimate trash talkers from the bench. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Sweeney turned to Tristan da Silva, Jase Richardson, Goga Bitadze, Jamal Cain and Nikola Vucevic as his first five players off the bench. — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the bench

• entrench
• retrench
• workbench
• clench
• drench
• quench
• stench
• tench
• trench
• wench
• wrench