Sentence examples for tentative player from inspiring English sources

On offense, Kittles has looked more like the tentative player who struggled through last season on a sore right knee or like the player who played seven nondescript minutes in a 100-92 loss to the Seattle Supersonics on Nov. 15.

The changes sweeping through the movie ecosystem came into sharp focus at this year's Sundance Film Festival, where Netflix and Amazon — which had been tentative players just a year before — proved the dominant force, hungrily snatching up many of the most closely watched titles.

Knowing the age range of your tentative players would allow you to design the game as simple or as detailed as you wish it to be and would allow you to create age-appropriate rules.

In the locker room, van Marwijk admonished his tentative, insecure players to have patience but also to dare to win.

Initially tentative towards the player, the ballboy was soon seen sporting a broad grin and all seemed forgotten.

King and colleagues (2002) [ 60] revealed that the StAR is expressed in glia and neurons of the mouse brain and has a role in the production of neurosteroids supporting STARD8 as a tentative biological role player in genetic disorders related to brain functioning.

Ball movement has seemed tentative, and the players have acknowledged after several games that they have found themselves settling for contested jump shots.

The Russian tennis federation has put her on its tentative list of players slated to compete in Rio de Janeiro.

This wasn't the tentative return of a player unsure where he stands – it was a player desperate to make up for lost time.

The lockout in 2011 created a tentative peace with the players' union and Los Angeles has finally been resolved enough that London is now a top priority.

But during long stretches of subdued music, Mr. Runnicles seemed to be striving for a Wagnerian spaciousness that often came across as inert and resulted in some tentative execution from the players.