on the bench

Example Sentences

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Salah is a player who wants to start football matches and will not be content with sitting on the bench.

From BBC

"I have a different role here this season which I'm getting enjoyment out of, but at the end of the day, footballers want to play and if anyone is sat happy on the bench, then they don't belong at any football club."

From BBC

He was on an 18-minute restriction, which kept him on the bench at the beginning of the game.

From Los Angeles Times

I set my cigar box full of Jemma’s old correspondences on the bench beside me, and I opened a few newspapers scavenged from the depot.

From Literature

“Pay attention,” Aunt Kitty said peevishly, tugging the newspaper from my hands and setting it on the bench beside me.

From Literature