How to Use outscore in a Sentence

outscore

verb
  • The Broncos then outscored the Toreros 39-18 the rest of the half.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
  • In the fourth quarter, the Bulls outscored the Cavs 31-14.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2020
  • The Kings also outscored the Suns 26-16 on points in the paint.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The Rangers outscored the Blue Jays 35-9 in the four-game sweep north of the border.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • In the fourth quarter alone, Bryant outscored the Jazz 23-21.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The Nuggets were outscored 39-18 over the remainder of the half.
    — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 May 2024
  • The Spurs held the Hawks to 20 points in the third while outscoring them by 19 in the quarter.
    — Raul Dominguez, ajc, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In the first five minutes of the last five games, they’ve been outscored 58-25.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • For the game, NSU outscored Tampa 20-8 on the fast break.
    — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The Jets outscored the Broncos 23-8 in the second half.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The Packers have been outscored 63-6 in the first half of their last four games.
    — Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Teams couldn’t outscore them and couldn’t score on them.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 1 June 2022
  • The Blazers best chance to win will be — wait for it — to outscore the Nuggets.
    — oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The Panthers kept the game close but were outscored 16-12 in the fourth quarter.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The basket helped the Kings outscore the Clippers 20-4 in fast-break points.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • They were outscored 58-35 and could not match the pace of the Kentucky juniors.
    — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2023
  • The Red Raiders went on to outscore the Panthers 28-7 for the remainder of the first half.
    — Ryan Mainville, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2021
  • One is to outscore it in a shootout, as the Eagles did three years ago.
    — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • To get to this point, the Rangers had to outscore opponents 37-15 from the fifth on in May.
    — Dallas News, 9 May 2021
  • Gerstell outscored the home team 19-11 in the fourth quarter.
    — Carroll County Times Staff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The Wolves outscored the Knicks by 20 points in Randle’s 34 minutes.
    — Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The Clippers’ bench outscored the Blazers’ bench 66-30.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The Suns can outscore them and shut them down on the defensive end.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The Kings were outscored 28-17 in the fourth quarter and were dealt their third loss of their four games on the road trip.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In his first six minutes, the Warriors were able to outscore Phoenix 25-14 and take the lead.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Without him on the court, the Jayhawks were outscored by eight points.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Since the schedule turned to Big Ten play on Jan. 2, the Terps bench has been outscored in all eight games.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The point guard outscored the Eagles by herself in the first quarter, 12-10.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • In other words, they’ve been outscored by 108 total points from beyond the arc in just three games.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Dallas outscored Brooklyn by 12 points in his 27 minutes on the floor.
    — Christian Clark, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025

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