Examples of benchwarmer in a Sentence
I played a little, but mostly I was a benchwarmer.
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Last season’s benchwarmer Arda Guler became a regular starter, while 21-year-old forward Gonzalo Garcia made the XI ahead of Rodrygo and Brahim Diaz.
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Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
The Frenchman had fallen out of favor over the course of the year, going from a regular starter to benchwarmer before being left off the team sheet altogether for the past two matches.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 19 July 2025
But here’s where things got interesting: Manganiello offered the benchwarmers a secret deal.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
By playing the benchwarmers Sunday in order to give the starters what is essentially a bye week, McVay was sending two separate messages, both of which powerfully illustrate what this organization has become in their nine years since returning to town.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
The Frenchman had fallen out of favor over the course of the year, going from a regular starter to benchwarmer before being left off the team sheet altogether for the past two matches.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 19 July 2025
But here’s where things got interesting: Manganiello offered the benchwarmers a secret deal.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
By playing the benchwarmers Sunday in order to give the starters what is essentially a bye week, McVay was sending two separate messages, both of which powerfully illustrate what this organization has become in their nine years since returning to town.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Benchwarmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benchwarmer. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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benchwarmer
noun
bench·warm·er
ˈbench-ˌwȯr-mər 
: a reserve player on a sports team
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