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. I walked a score of miles.
2. Men by the score sat around him.
3. The score calls for a contralto.
4. Famine plagued a score of nations.
5. The score was close in the final match.
2. Men by the score sat around him.
3. The score calls for a contralto.
4. Famine plagued a score of nations.
5. The score was close in the final match.
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Meanings and Examples of SCORE
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score
n. a set of twenty members
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
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
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.
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.
5 'Don't fret your eyelids on that score,' said the young gentleman.
6 There were twenty score of violent deaths in one long minute of that agony of fear.
7 They were about a score of the small wild ponies known as heath-croppers.
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
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
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
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
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.
13 There I found a second great hall covered with cushions, upon which, perhaps, a score or so of the little people were sleeping.
14 Scarlett silently damned the Yankees and added another mark on her score against them.
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.
Example Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
1 His total score was one hundred and fifty five.
2 At the end of the game, total up everyone's score to see who has won.
3 The music students are learning how to score tunes for various combinations.
4 I'll let you have the money, so there's nothing to worry about on that score.
5 The score was close in the final match.
6 Our coach was escorted by a score of policemen.
7 The computer will crunch all the numbers to determine the final score.
8 The director invited him to score the movie.
9 He wasn't even trying to score - the ball just bounced off the jammy beggar's/bastard's head into the goal.
10 She bragged endlessly about her high score.
11 They had many bad experiences to relate on this score.
12 The score calls for a contralto.
13 Famine plagued a score of nations.
14 I walked a score of miles.
15 Men by the score sat around him.