How to Use rating in a Sentence
rating
noun- The school has an above-average academic rating.
- The article compares the fuel-economy ratings of various cars.
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Two received a five-star rating, the highest on the scale.
— Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2023 -
The highest rating, EF 5, has wind gusts of more than 200 miles per hour.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2023 -
Shoppers seem to love this pair of boots with over 1,400 five-star ratings.
— Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024 -
Broward County Public Schools has earned an A rating for the first time in over a decade.
— Alecia Taylor, Miami Herald, 25 July 2024 -
This 35-petal rose has a garden rating of 8.5 and has a strong fruit and clove fragrance.
— Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023 -
The clay masks with the highest average ratings made it to this list.
— Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023 -
So, how did Davis and the Lakers, who own the league's best defensive rating in the playoffs, do it?
— Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2023 -
The odds of them overcoming such a deficit against a team with the fourth-best defensive rating in the NBA (111.1) were bleak.
— Afentres, oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023 -
The show struggled to get ratings traction in those bumpy early years.
— Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023 -
An answer appeared to come in the days that followed: The network had its worst ratings week in eight years.
— Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 8 June 2023 -
Love was put back in the game and threw an incomplete pass, which caused his passer rating to fall to 157.2.
— Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024 -
That’s got to sting for Trump, who cares deeply about television ratings.
— Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 May 2023 -
Even flight attendants have put it to the test, and it’s racked up over 3,500 five-star ratings on Amazon.
— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2024 -
The top speed is governed at 130 mph and limited by the H rating of the Goodyear radials.
— Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2023 -
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
— Nancy Black, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023 -
More than 6,600 customers have given this Nicole Miller area rug a five-star rating.
— Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024 -
More than 5,300 customers have awarded it a five-star rating.
— Isabel Garcia, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024 -
The 2017 game Gloomhaven, which held the highest rating on the site for years, utilizes nineteen mechanics.
— Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023 -
The degree of damage is what prompted the EF-3 rating, the weather service said.
— Leigh Morgan, al, 1 Apr. 2023 -
The shoes aren’t just trusted by the A-lister: Hundreds of shoppers have given them a five-star rating, too.
— Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023 -
That’s a sterling 113.5 NFL passer rating in those games.
— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024 -
More than 1,200 customers have left a glowing review to go along with their five-star rating.
— Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023 -
These leggings have even earned an impressive 4.3-star rating on the site.
— Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2024 -
Choosing all- or four-wheel drive lowers all those max tow ratings by 200 pounds.
— Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 28 July 2023 -
None of the tornadoes that hit northern Illinois this week were above an E1 rating.
— By Kevin Bessler | The Center Square, Washington Examiner, 15 July 2023 -
Today, Wheatley has a C rating, the same as Furr’s, but the wheels were already in motion, and now the takeover is imminent.
— Sam Russek, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2023 -
Moore praised the show’s ratings over the past two years and emphasized its strong performance on Friday nights.
— Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2023 -
With eight interceptions in eight games, Prescott recorded the worst passer rating and second-worst interception percentage of his career in a single season.
— Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
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