Examples of bit player in a Sentence
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Munro has been a ubiquitous bit player and character actor for decades now, with hundreds of credits to his name.
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 June 2026
And two seasons in, the Miami Heat 7-footer at times has been both essential contributor in Erik Spoelstra’s rotations and low-minutes bit player.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
Siemaszko was a regular bit player in the ’80s and ’90s, appearing in Back to the Future (1985) before taking lead roles in Three O’Clock High (1987) and Breaking In (1989).
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Sezin Devi Koehler September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
The head of China’s Communist Party may resent Putin’s reduction of its Russian counterpart—the country’s second-largest party—to the status of another bit player in Russia’s rubber-stamping parliament.
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Leon Aron,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
Many who had encountered Karzai in the 1990s were amazed at his rapid elevation from bit player to world-charmer.
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Jonah Blank,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Oct. 2016
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 June 2026
And two seasons in, the Miami Heat 7-footer at times has been both essential contributor in Erik Spoelstra’s rotations and low-minutes bit player.
—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
Siemaszko was a regular bit player in the ’80s and ’90s, appearing in Back to the Future (1985) before taking lead roles in Three O’Clock High (1987) and Breaking In (1989).
—
Sezin Devi Koehler September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
The head of China’s Communist Party may resent Putin’s reduction of its Russian counterpart—the country’s second-largest party—to the status of another bit player in Russia’s rubber-stamping parliament.
—
Leon Aron,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
Many who had encountered Karzai in the 1990s were amazed at his rapid elevation from bit player to world-charmer.
—
Jonah Blank,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Oct. 2016
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“Bit player.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bit%20player. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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