Example Sentences

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“With a couple of Liverpool benchmen likely getting a run out today, I am cautiously optimistic that the post-match headlines won’t include ‘Mignolet mauled at the Molineux’ or ‘Moreno razed by Wolves’.”

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2019

They had representatives, benchmen, spies, tools—a great company.

From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore