bleachers

/ ˈbliːtʃəz /

plural noun

1. (sometimes singular) a tier of seats in a sports stadium, etc, that are unroofed and inexpensive

2. the people occupying such seats

Example Sentences

Mountains of ice surround them like bleachers in an arena—if the bleachers were below freezing and stretched taller than skyscrapers.

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“As a friend told me, ‘I reached the top of the mountain for my craft,’” Goodrich told Poly students who filled up the bleachers.

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A crowd of thousands pounded their feet on bleachers creating a thunderous sound as the sun set over the wealthy Forest Hills neighborhood.

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When the ball landed in the right-center field bleachers, a party more than three decades in the making broke out among the 44,353 in attendance at the Rogers Centre.

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But this was no substitute for them playing on a team—or for me cheering on the bleachers.

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