How to Use team player in a Sentence

team player

noun
  • Coles did what a good team player does but wasn’t happy about it.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Springer is an unselfish, and true team player.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Harper isn’t a team player, even when that team shares her favorite ax to grind.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Not Devers, who looks like a bad team player.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 22 June 2026
  • Part of the process of working with other actors is being a team player.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The historian blames lil T’s shift from team player to lone wolf.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
  • But Castellanos, many of his teammates argued, was not a team player.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • White House aides sometimes felt Harris wasn't a team player and stayed away from any task with risk.
    — Alex Thompson, Axios, 22 July 2024
  • Be patient with this, but stay true to it and keep pushing forward, but also always be a team player.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Like Wolff, Grace is a team player, the center of a big ensemble cast.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The ideal scout team player is better than anyone the Bruins will face but won’t rub it in theirs.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • But in office, she’s proved a team player in Europe’s support for Kyiv.
    — Joseph Ataman, CNN, 5 July 2024
  • That said, backstage, the still shockingly young Murphy was a true team player.
    — Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Martin is listed at 6-foot-6 and has proven to be the ultimate team player.
    — Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Punk has been called out before for not being a team player and focusing only on himself.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Re-framing their mindset around the fear of being considered as not being a team player.
    — Rachel Montañez, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Poor work ethics to avoid include things like showing up late, having a bad attitude or failing to be a team player.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • It’s also proved to be a beneficial metaphor for casting Allred as a team player.
    — Char Adams, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Littleton praised Longeretta as a true team player who is well known and well liked in the industry.
    — William Earl, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Evan’s a true team player, always looking for ways to support his peers and contribute to the success of the group.
    — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • If you can get staffed on these projects and do an amazing job, you will get recognized for being an integral team player.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In addition, recognize others, connect with them and join in as a team player.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Few players are driven to club soccer practice by a national team player.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • Surprisingly, Gizelle is acting like the biggest team player out of the bunch.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
  • No interceptions in 16 career games but was scout team player of the week and could see snaps if Stout is out.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Jamie also lets Dani take the final penalty kick, showing his evolution as a team player.
    — Town & Country, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Is the public expecting the ultimate team player to be a volume scorer?
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Zayne was a really good team player, good teammate, smart, physical.
    — Miami Herald, 28 June 2026
  • Cena said his days in the world of WWE prepared him for keeping his head down and being a team player.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Gonzalo extended his contract in August and has only been a first-team player for a few months.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026

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