SCORE in a Sentence

Learn SCORE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

184 example sentences for SCORE, such as:

1. My test score was low.
2. The cantata has a difficult vocal score.
3. She enjoys trying to score off other people.
4. She got an unusually low score for creativity.
5. Owen was unlucky not to score on two occasions.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCORE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
score
 v.  gain points or goals
 n.  the number of points, goals, runs, etc
Classic Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
1  I had already observed that he was as sensitive to flattery on the score of his art as any girl could be of her beauty.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  At the head of the column there rode a score or more of grave ironfaced men, clad in sombre homespun garments and armed with rifles.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
3  It was gently, but it was calmly said, and Sir Thomas was easy on the score of the cousins.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
4  Crawford called the next day, and on the score of Edmund's return, Sir Thomas felt himself more than licensed to ask him to stay dinner; it was really a necessary compliment.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
5  'Don't fret your eyelids on that score,' said the young gentleman.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  There were twenty score of violent deaths in one long minute of that agony of fear.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
7  They were about a score of the small wild ponies known as heath-croppers.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
8  I have had a bitter experience on that score this last month, Diggory.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 2 A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding
9  All that an honest man can promise you I promise now, which is that from me you shall never suffer anything on this score again.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
10  The whole steep slope was covered with gray circular rings of stone, a score of them at least.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
11  They were piling up their score all the time and we were at a standstill.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
12  Our agriculture and horticulture destroy a weed just here and there and cultivate perhaps a score or so of wholesome plants, leaving the greater number to fight out a balance as they can.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
13  There I found a second great hall covered with cushions, upon which, perhaps, a score or so of the little people were sleeping.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In V
14  Scarlett silently damned the Yankees and added another mark on her score against them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
15  Her clumsy fib had let him see that she had something to conceal; and she was sure he had a score to settle with her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
Example Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
16  At half-time the score was one-all.
17  Owen was unlucky not to score on two occasions.
18  She enjoys trying to score off other people.
19  The cantata has a difficult vocal score.
20  King's was the only other score in double figures.
21  My test score was low.
22  I managed to score a couple of tickets to the World Cup final.
23  Considering the strength of the opposition, we did very well to score two goals.
24  It will be hard to surpass this very high score.
25  The film is ravishing to look at and boasts a sensuous musical score.
26  The final score gives a false impression of the game.
27  Lightly score the surface of the steaks with a knife.
28  The score was written to be played on a keyboard instrument.
29  She got an unusually low score for creativity.
30  Too many MPs use debates as a chance to score political points.