second banana

Example Sentences

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This time, monsters and mayhem play second banana to the people experiencing them, and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” revels in showing us what that looks like.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2024

Vance famously resented having to play Ethel as a frumpy, overweight second banana, a resentment that we see Lucy stoking here in a particularly petty way.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2021

A second banana was the second most important person in an organization.

From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2021

Watching Candace Against the Universe with my delighted, now–Candace-aged Phineas and Ferb fans, I was so pleased to see a longtime second banana get her due.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2020

As a second banana shoe burp-squeaked onto the floor, Kyle looked up and there he was—Mr. Lemoncello!

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein