How to Use bleacher in a Sentence

bleacher

noun
  • Most bleachers were now at the sides, rather than behind Trump.
    Adriana Gomez Licon, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Edlund and his mother and friend crawled under the bleachers and got out.
    Michael Hamad, courant.com, 27 June 2019
  • Viewing from the street is free, though guests can buy tickets for bleacher seats at hb4thofjuly.org.
    Daily Pilot Staff, latimes.com, 30 June 2019
  • Signs weren’t allowed in the gym, and spectators sat in seats instead of on bleachers as on prior days.
    James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2019
  • These can be in your house, in an apartment building, at work, or even the bleachers at your local high school football field.
    Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The game before Jaylen’s went down to the last minute, which had the moms and grandmas sitting at the top of the bleachers cheering and yelling.
    Giana Han, baltimoresun.com, 16 July 2019
  • Keller recounted her grisly discovery in the football bleachers one June morning last year.
    Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 10 July 2019
  • People on the bleachers and hilltop came running down under the roof, and hundreds of people hanging in the courtyards starting flowing in.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2019
  • The ballplayers took drugs, pitchers scuffed the ball, outfielders peered lasciviously at women in the bleachers.
    David Shribman, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • That football field transformed from a scene of tragedy to a symbol of resilience Friday as the community packed the bleachers to watch the survivors play.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Visitors sign up for an unlimited number of free tickets online — a planning and measuring tool for the team — and grab bleacher seats or a patch of grass on a first-come basis.
    Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2019
  • Unfortunately, there was a little too much premium seating in that area and generally not enough bleacher seating open to all fans throughout the course.
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2019
  • But the warm water also, apparently, opens up the stomach, allowing Kobayashi to wolf down more dogs than fans in the left-field bleachers at Wrigley Field.
    Washington Post, 1 July 2019
  • President Vladimir Putin watches from the bleachers facing the square, as the country shows off the Kremlin’s latest flashy military hardware.
    Kayla Epstein, Washington Post, 4 July 2019
  • The boy had been halfway up the bleachers just to the right of the bimah.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The press gallery in the Senate is in a kind of bleachers above the floor.
    Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Replays showed the tire miss the crowd and fall in between the bleachers at the racetrack.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
  • The fight happened at the rear of the school near the athletic field bleachers.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • There were around six of them standing on the bleacher.
    Matt Cohen, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Nix had long been the one in the stands for these kinds of games, watching Auburn’s wins from the bleachers.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The left-field bleacher wall abuts the north end zone and the Padres dugout and a section of seats crowd things on the south side.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Some plopped down on the metal bleachers and jumped to their feet when the team made a play.
    Alanis Thames, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Group photos are planned for 3 p.m. in front of the school and on the football field bleachers.
    Madeline Beck, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2023
  • Rain forced the vigil to be moved inside the school’s gym and the bleachers were soon packed.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • In 56 years only two changes have been made to the gym: new bleachers and a new floor.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Kenny goes deep, and Shawn's watching Amy Bruntlett was in the bleachers off to the side.
    Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 8 May 2023
  • There will be around 2,040 bleacher seats and VIP tents.
    Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
  • During the taping, the writers sat in a tense cluster off to the side of the bleachers.
    Time, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Day-of bleacher seats will be $15 for adults and $10 for students.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland, 8 July 2021
  • While that may be a badge of honor on the mound, that grimy peak may not look as good in the bleachers.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024

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