Sentence examples for sturdy player from inspiring English sources

Linebacker Keith Brooking is a sturdy player, and the cornerbacks -- Ray Buchanan and Ashley Ambrose -- are top flight.

Stu Bickel, who would need to clear waivers to be sent to the minors, has proven to be a surprisingly sturdy player in the defensive zone.

Never a sturdy player even in his days with Hertha Berlin, Deisler has been snake-bit in the extreme when it comes to the frequency and timing of injuries ever since announcing his move to Bayern in 2002.

Hillman (left), a New Zealand native who moved to Australia in the 1980s to perform with Midnight Oil, was a sturdy player and good-natured butt of Cook's Bloomin' Onion and fart jokes.

Sturdy players, fresh from triumphs in Shaw and Beckett, stand around in turbans and robes and say such lines as "Wise words, little brother" and "In Alamut rests the beating heart of all life".

The idea was to save Davis from undue banging in the post against sturdier players.

One of the sturdiest players in the National Basketball Association, he missed only 18 games over his first 9 seasons.

Falconi is a sturdy, quick player, and her groundstrokes are strong, but she was playing uphill against the tour's nineteenth-ranked player, Flavia Pennetta, who has played in and won more matches than any player on tour this year.

Hasbrouck has a stout supporting cast, with the long and strong Edwin Ubiles (4 steals) at off-guard, the sturdy post player Alex Franklin (7 of 9 shooting for 16 points) and the steady veteran point guard Ronald Moore (7 assists).

4: In his fifty-year career, the master bassist Ron Carter has been heard in a multitude of musical contexts; since 2011, he's occasionally led a jazz orchestra manned by sturdy section players.

If anything, the 1969 Mets provided a lesson to today's management in how to construct a winning team, one built around an abundance of young, solid pitchers; sturdy defensive players; and strong management with a consistent game plan.