Sentence examples for solid roles from inspiring English sources

Zoe Kazan, Elia's granddaughter, has had solid roles in films like "Revolutionary Road" and last year's Broadway production of "The Seagull".

Considering Connie was set in the Nottingham knitwear industry and Tenko in a Japanese prison camp, these were good, solid roles, but not terribly glamorous.

There have been a few things, but not necessarily with good enough, solid roles for someone in my age group.

Cornell has plenty of solid role players.

As a pro, he was a solid role player for the Knicks.

Good pitching and solid role players have usually come to the fore in the postseason.

"There are certainly jobs where only the largest machines are appropriate to use, so there's still a very solid role for traditional supercomputers," he said.

The first two find a solid role in negotiating arms-control agreements; the last, in most of its parts, is understandably less sympathetic to self-denying measures.

Jeremy Lin has been around for more than a few weeks, so let me state what should be obvious by now: with work, he will be a solid role player at best.

Hayden made some big plays in his six years as a Colt (he had the game-sealing pick-six in Super Bowl XLI), but overall, he was merely a solid role player.

Throw in some solid role players and a grinding pace that gets teams out of their offensive rhythm, and you have a team that stood out as the best in the league at defense.