bench

Example Sentences

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Last year, Jaxson Hayes watched the Lakers’ season end from the bench after he fell out of the playoff rotation in the first round against Minnesota.

From Los Angeles Times

His showing was so impressive that LaFleur felt compelled to squash any chatter about benching Love, the quarterback the team signed to a $220 million contract, in favor of Willis.

From The Wall Street Journal

With Philip Rivers being benched by Indianapolis on Sunday after his return from retirement, Allen will once more have the NFL's longest active quarterback start streak.

From Barron's

Wembanyama later returned to sit on the bench and celebrated with teammates as the Spurs closed out a roller coaster victory that sees them improve to 24-9 and remain second in the Western Conference.

From Barron's

Marcus Sasser hit four of six from three, all in the second half, to finish with 19 points off the bench.

From Los Angeles Times