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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The Suns can outscore them and shut them down on the defensive end.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2022 -
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 -
The Lakers outscored Golden State 54-28 in the paint Tuesday.
— Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2023 -
The tide turned in the third quarter for the Lakers, who outscored Baraga, 17-5.
— Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2023 -
In the first eight minutes of each half, when the starters’ legs weren’t so wobbly, the Aztecs outscored the Cougars 33-19.
— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2023 -
The Suns have outscored the Nuggets by 27 points in the series when the backup center has been on the court.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023 -
But New York erased the deficit with a big third quarter, outscoring the Lynx 20-10.
— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024 -
In the six games since, the Timbers had earned just two points while being outscored 12-5.
— Scott Sepich For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2023 -
Brooklyn will still outscore teams and should coast to the Finals.
— Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2021 -
The Razorbacks were outscored 44-40 in the second half.
— Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 22 Jan. 2024 -
Bruce Pearl’s team overcame a halftime deficit to outscore the Warhawks to win by 28.
— al, 13 Nov. 2021 -
In the end, Lakota West would outscore St. Xavier 16-0 in the second half to snare the home opener.
— Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 20 Aug. 2022 -
The Showboats have been outscored by 10 points this season.
— Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 June 2023 -
The Eagles outscored Westchester 24-6 in the fourth quarter.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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