How to Use player in a Sentence

player

noun
  • She's one of the team's best players.
  • The band's lead guitar player hurt his hand and couldn't play.
  • Piano players are called pianists.
  • In the 10 years since, fates have been mixed for the key players in the saga.
    Elena Santa Cruz, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • So this is one of the things about being a young player.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The fans helped Spain get close to the best part of the stands to get an autograph from one of the players.
    Graham Hurley, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Did Smith know how many players have hit four homers in a game?
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
  • After Reich was fired, the first player to talk to the team was Ryan.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Willard was searching for a player who could lift the Terps out of their rut.
    Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Stat of the day McLain is the first position player to reach the majors from the 2021 draft class.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
  • Coach Mark Daigneault is brilliant with his schemes on that end of the floor and gets the most out of his players.
    Nick Crain, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • In the game, one player is the ant and wasp, the other player is the beetle larva and adult.
    Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Knowles is also the son of Mark Knowles, once the No. 1 doubles tennis player in the world.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 26 June 2023
  • Evan was one of two non-French players on the team and the only American.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Some players could only receive half of the amounts above.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Manager Tuchel is set to leave at the end of the season and the players have simply failed to live up to their billing.
    Ben Church, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • See Dion chat with hockey players post-game in the video below.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Marshall is the second Moeller Crusader to be named the Ohio Gatorade player of the year.
    Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2023
  • On Friday, the talk of Rahm’s news conference was the battle for the crown of world’s best player.
    The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Chisholm is also just the second player from The Bahamas to play for the Yankees.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
  • Third baseman Scott Rolen was the only player elected by the writers for the class of 2023.
    Christian Red, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Who are the top players in the Olympic tennis tournament?
    Matt Bonesteel, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
  • What to know about Powerball To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The question is who Judge wants running, as the Yankees don’t have many fast players.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 July 2024
  • A lot of these players fashion sort of social activism as part of their brand.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
  • And players have embraced some of their coach’s strategies.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The Tigers also stranded two players on base in the sixth. Ibáñez, who has found his groove in the past few games, finished 3-for-4 with one walk.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2023
  • The veteran would be the perfect player to add to the Astros' infield mix.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Basketball writers profile and rank the top 100 players in NBA history.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024

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