How to Use reliever in a Sentence

reliever

noun

• Exercise is a good stress reliever.
• At his best, Bautista is one of the top relievers in the game.
  — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
• Even more likely, the 24-year-old will be the long reliever in the bullpen.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
• Time will tell whether the Sox see him as a starter or reliever.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
• Sims found his footing as a reliever and has pitched in the back end of the Reds’ bullpen for the last two years.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2021
• The Dodgers are up three in the bottom of the sixth and can use their best relievers to get the final nine outs.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
• In the 10th, Hyde again sent a reliever seeking his first career save to the mound.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
• First up, control the pain with over-the-counter pain relievers.
  — Deanna Pai, Allure, 13 Apr. 2024
• The first two batters reached against Sox reliever Kyle Crick in the sixth.
  — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022
• Mitch Spence, the first of four relievers after starter Alex Wood couldn’t get out of the fifth, got the win and improved to 1-1.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
• The Sox ace-turned-reliever took two steps toward the dugout.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2021
• Miller, 26, found his way in the big leagues as a reliever this season.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
• The loss went to Cimber, the ex-Cleveland reliever, who fell to 4-2.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 8 May 2022
• Yet following the All-Star break, the Sox ranked 22nd in the majors in reliever velo.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• The right-handed pitcher, the Terps’ fourth reliever out of the bullpen, struck out the last two batters to keep the score tied.
  — Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2022
• Schreiber has been one of the Sox’ most reliable relievers over the past two years.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• The last time a reliever other than Jansen paced the club in saves was 2011, his second year in the big leagues.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 19 Mar. 2022
• The reliever worked inside and quickly got ahead in the count, 1-2.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 6 June 2022
• That left perhaps his third-best reliever, David Robertson, to pitch the 10th for the save.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• Drysdale came into the game in the fifth inning as a reliever and got out of a jam.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• Houck was moved to the bullpen at the end of the year as a multi-inning guy while Whitlock was the Sox’ best reliever over the course of the year.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2021
• The Dodgers have, in fact, used their relievers more than all but four teams this season.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 15 Aug. 2024
• Price was not flashy but had some solid years as a Red, as both a starter and reliever.
  — The Enquirer, 2 May 2022
• For a 35-year-old reliever, that can be a career killer.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
• But throughout the playoffs, Treinen had been the team’s best reliever.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
• Gose says when the bullpen phone rings to get a reliever ready to enter a game, his heart starts beating.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2022
• Michael King has proved more useful as a reliever than a starter.
  — Kristie Ackert, courant.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• Read full article The starting pitchers have the fifth-worst ERA in the majors; the relievers have the fourth best.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
• At the very least, the Giants are likely to pursue a reliever or two.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 July 2022
• The righty hasn’t gotten into a spring game yet, but Boone said the reliever is getting close.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025