How to Use journeyman in a Sentence

journeyman

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  • The 30-year-old journeyman has been a spark off the bench.
    — Jabari Young, San Antonio Express-News, 5 July 2018
  • There’s the prodigy, the journeyman, the can’t-miss kid… and then there’s Collin Morikawa, the patient one.
    — Ryan Asselta, SI.com, 27 June 2019
  • The journeyman did play three games last season with the 49ers.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2024
  • There are a bunch of pitchers who should fight for the last spot or two in the bullpen, most of them journeymen.
    — Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The 36-year-old journeyman likely would get the start over Zappe against Green Bay in Week 4.
    — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
  • That leaves Johnson, a journeyman signed less than two weeks ago, as the team’s starter.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Back when the journeyman came to the Jazz, in that initial year, Snyder said this about him.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
  • But rather than shed a tear, the journeyman catcher shared a laugh after the game.
    — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 13 July 2019
  • That’s what happens when the club trades all of its first-round picks and lines the squad with second-rounders and journeymen.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • Behind Gray on the depth chart is journeyman Blake Bell.
    — Jack McKessy, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The journeyman, though not very good, never lacks for work.
    — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • But Lashley, a 36-year-old journeyman and the last alternate to make the field, might make a big splash of his own.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2019
  • The 35-year-old journeyman was 6 for 6 on Kansas City’s opening drive, which ended with a flick to Pringle in the back of the end zone.
    — oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Like many journeymen pros, Arnaud was forced to work odd jobs to make ends meet.
    — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 24 May 2018
  • And the right tackle is Cameron Fleming, who’s been around, a journeyman.
    — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Johnson, 29, is a journeyman who always finds his way back to the 49ers.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 2021
  • That was Cody Parkey, a journeyman who had played for three teams in the four seasons before 2018.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2019
  • That role goes to Curt Casali, a 32-year-old journeyman who was signed last month for $1.5 million to catch when Posey doesn’t.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2021
  • The starter, Josh McCown, is 39, has been a journeyman, has talked with teams about being a coach and knows his end is near.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 May 2018
  • Deals for journeyman bigs like Chris Dudley and Matt Geiger took up one-fifth of their team’s salary cap.
    — Zach Harper, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
  • But this seventh-year journeyman had a season for the ages.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 July 2019
  • There’s no more agony about saying no—or even worse, yes—to journeyman side projects.
    — Sean O'Neal, GQ, 30 May 2018
  • This is what Howard is: a journeyman who by the start of next season will be playing for his fifth team in five years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Killer Mike, Atlanta’s rap journeyman, is at the peak of his powers.
    — Stephen Deusner, New York Times, 23 May 2023
  • Ok, Craig Bellamy wasn't quite that level of journeyman, but the winger did sparkle for a fair few top-flight teams.
    — SI.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Since then, the Avs have turned to a journeyman goaltender who was No. 3 on their depth chart when the series began.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2020
  • This journeyman has four touchdowns in the past six games and topped the 100-yard mark last week against Washington.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Ducharme was a journeyman player who has been working his way up the coaching ranks for the last two decades.
    — Carol Schram, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Don Larsen, an otherwise journeyman hurler, was on the mound against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2023
  • This isn’t to say the Patriots are wrong to begin the season with 31-year-old journeyman Jacoby Brissett lining up behind center.
    — Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024

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