How to Use bit player in a Sentence

bit player

noun
  • Munro has been a ubiquitous bit player and character actor for decades now, with hundreds of credits to his name.
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Munro has been a ubiquitous bit player and character actor for decades now, with hundreds of credits to his name.
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026
  • Sheridan is another regular bit player who’s been getting steady work for a quarter-century now.
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Sheridan is another regular bit player who’s been getting steady work for a quarter-century now.
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026
  • And two seasons in, the Miami Heat 7-footer at times has been both essential contributor in Erik Spoelstra’s rotations and low-minutes bit player.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Siemaszko was a regular bit player in the ’80s and ’90s, appearing in Back to the Future (1985) before taking lead roles in Three O’Clock High (1987) and Breaking In (1989).
    Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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