Sentence examples for starter playing from inspiring English sources

When the overhaul is done, there should be three new starters and perhaps a fourth starter playing a new position.

Signed last off-season as insurance, Thomas has flourished as a starter, playing solid defense, rebounding and knocking down open jump shots.

When he returned for the 1956-57 season, he was a starter, playing with the star frontcourt men Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston.

If he is fully integrated as a starter, playing as a No 10, it will force Joey Barton, who replaced Taarabt as captain, to play either deeper or on the right flank.

In the Colts' 34-7 loss to the Texans, the offensive line, with center Jeff Saturday the only starter playing in his normal position, could not protect Collins, who is much slower to release the ball than Manning is.

Stanford was also very effective with its perimeter defense, limiting the Bruins' backcourt duo of Earl Watson, a four-year starter playing his last home game, and Billy Knight to a combined 25 points.

Pennington, perhaps realizing that he was playing against a Colts secondary that had only one healthy starter, played down his night's work.

Under that mode of operation, the usually destructive Dikembe Mutombo played only the first and third quarters and only one Hawk starter played more than 29 minutes.

Stephon Marbury, who recently announced that he would accept a backup role — a day after insisting he was a starter — played 22 minutes off the bench.

No starter played more minutes than Kara Lawson with 23, but it didn't matter because the bench outscored Alabama's reserves, 38-21.

And there is no question that Dilfer, at one point the team's longtime starter, played the good soldier while King led Tampa Bay to the playoffs.