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.
  • Two received a five-star rating, the highest on the scale.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Shoppers seem to love this pair of boots with over 1,400 five-star ratings.
    Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Since the start of the new year, their defensive rating has hovered around the lowest third in the league, with an assist to turnover ratio under two.
    Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
  • It is ranked ahead of the Vols in practically every computer rating but the homecourt is a factor.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 15 Feb. 2023
  • It’s been 21 seasons – the fanbase is still devoted, the streaming ratings are still impressive.
    Lesley Corral, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Companies that offer upfront pricing received higher ratings here than those that require potential customers to contact the provider for a quote.
    Lholznienkemper, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • 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 next season, Stafford set career highs in yards per attempt and quarterback rating as the Lions earned a second straight 9-7 finish.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2023
  • WalletHub also looked at each city's average driver satisfaction rating on the navigation app Waze.
    Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The highest rating, EF 5, has wind gusts of more than 200 miles per hour.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2023
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Choosing all- or four-wheel drive lowers all those max tow ratings by 200 pounds.
    Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 28 July 2023

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