Sentence examples for were starters on from inspiring English sources

Little is the team's top receiver, and several of the suspended defenders were starters on a defense that ranked among the nation's best last season.

They have two senior all-Americans -- forward Nick Collison and guard Kirk Hinrich -- who were starters on a Kansas team that reached the Final Four last year.

Seven members of the class of '71 — Jack Ham, Larry Brown, Mike Wagner, Dwight White, Ernie Holmes, Frank Lewis and Gerry Mullins — were starters on the '74 and '75 champs.

By the fall, Robinson and Stauskas were starters on the wings, McGary was the first or second player off the bench, and LeVert and Albrecht were getting time as backup guards.

Mouton, Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter are seniors, Blake is a junior, and all were starters on a Maryland team that lost a 22-point lead to Duke last year in the national semifinals.

Both were starters on the 2015 World Cup-winning team.

Bruce is as good an offensive player as there is, and St . Louisis so deep at the position that its third and fourth wide receivers could be starters on most teams.

Any of our 11 players could be starters on any given day.

Two starters from last season's squad, forward Chris Roscoe (6-3 senior) and point guard Michael Herring (6-0 senior) are starters on the football team who could be playing until mid-December.

Some were starters, others were hangers-on and a few were good for a few seasons.

Soups were popular starters on blustery nights.