7 sentences with 'scores'
Example sentences and phrases with the word scores and other words derived from it.
• « As a result, many saw a new war as an opportunity to settle scores, to prove once and for all that they were citizens of a great power, and to shame their opponents into conceding defeat. »
• « Some, however, saw the conclusion of the First World War as deeply unsatisfactory and, in a sense, incomplete: there were still scores to settle. It was out of this sense of dissatisfaction and a yearning for continued violence that the most destructive political philosophy of the 20th century emerged: fascism. »
• « Laura prefers her truck, where, in addition to the piano, she carries a bed, an icebox, several scores piled on the floor and a clothesline. »
• « During his early years as a culinary detective, he had the wrong idea of his audience. "I thought I was writing for amateurs," he says, "because I assumed that professional cooks already knew all this. But, as scores of thank-you letters attest, many chefs simply trusted what he had taught them. With his help, they finally distinguished what works from what doesn't in the kitchen, and they understood why. »
• « Vivaldi's works were used as a musical background - very softly - while they took a complicated intelligence test. The scores obtained were - on a scale of 1 to 10 - no lower than 8 points. »
• « New England especially benefited from both the salutary neglect and the vibrant maritime culture made possible by the scores of trading vessels built in the northern colonies. »