starters

Idioms and Phrases

see under for openers .

Example Sentences

An offensive line that finally was starting to make sense with the return of two starters allowed four sacks and constant pressure on Stafford, who threw one interception and averaged just five yards per completion.

From Los Angeles Times

And rookie starters in the secondary and defensive line said they have studied Ramsey since he played at Florida State.

From Los Angeles Times

For starters, they’re gaming out the worst-case scenarios.

From Slate

Bilodeau did not get enough offensive help from his fellow starters — or anyone off the bench, for that matter.

From Los Angeles Times

For starters because those kinds of number-crunching rankings already exist in urban planning master’s degree projects and on apartment-rental websites such as walkscore.com.

From Los Angeles Times