How to Use journeyman in a Sentence

journeyman

noun
  • But who says journeyman players don’t have bad habits and share them?
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
  • 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 the byproduct of playing so many kids and journeymen at one time.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
  • But rather than shed a tear, the journeyman catcher shared a laugh after the game.
    — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 13 July 2019
  • Like many journeymen pros, Arnaud was forced to work odd jobs to make ends meet.
    — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 24 May 2018
  • 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 journeyman did play three games last season with the 49ers.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2024
  • That leaves Johnson, a journeyman signed less than two weeks ago, as the team’s starter.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • For now, Duck and journeyman Kendall Sheffield are the starters on the depth chart.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The days leading up to roster cut downs used to be filled with anxiety for the journeyman.
    — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Bagley has since turned into a journeyman and has yet to find a franchise willing to commit to him long term.
    — Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Now, he's turned into a journeyman backup.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The journeyman plumber and father of four had been riding his bike through town when he was hit by a minivan that failed to yield.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
  • This was life for the son of a journeyman French basketball player.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Killer Mike, Atlanta’s rap journeyman, is at the peak of his powers.
    — Stephen Deusner, New York Times, 23 May 2023
  • 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
  • At 35, the journeyman right-hander has finally made it in the big leagues.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
  • Jaden Rashada has been quite the journeyman in his college career.
    — Shane Shoemaker, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And the right tackle is Cameron Fleming, who’s been around, a journeyman.
    — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2020
  • But his last four seasons have sent his legacy sideways and left him as a diminished journeyman.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Matthews returned to the Eagles for two stints during a journeyman phase of his career.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Johnson, 29, is a journeyman who always finds his way back to the 49ers.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 2021
  • Crim, the journeyman first baseman, continues to rake.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
  • His replacement, Jake Curhan, is a journeyman at best.
    — Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
  • That led Smith to throw to a collection of rookies, journeymen and backups.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Rivera, a journeyman third baseman, greeted Scott with a single up the middle.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The story is that a tiny country believed and a journeyman goalkeeper became a folk hero overnight.
    — Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

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