How to Use final score in a Sentence

final score

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  • Sure, a win’s a win, but the final score doesn’t reflect a balanced team.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 July 2024
  • The Chiefs emerged victorious again with a final score of 25-22.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Tagovailoa left with the Dolphins trailing 31-10, and that was the final score.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2024
  • But that marked Minnesota’s final score of the game as the Liberty finished on a 12-0 run.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2024
  • And yet the match had been about much more than the final score.
    — Liam Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The Chiefs came out on top with a final score of 38-35.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Cleveland lost the game, but the artistry of the play has outlived the final score.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The average of the five judges will be the final score for that dunk.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The Wolves went for 2 and the win after their final score but came up short.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 13 July 2023
  • Carlos Ochoa added the game’s final score for the Barons, rushing in from the 2 with 8:05 to play.
    — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Douglas added a 1-yard run by Walls for the final score.
    — al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Led by a young Tom Brady, the Patriots won the game with a final score of 20-17.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Brady and the Bucs won handily; the final score was 31–9.
    — Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Yet for one player on the team, the final score could not erase a sense of failure.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Her triple with 1:32 left was the final score from either team and proved to be the game-winner.
    — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Every game was close — four of the five games ended with a final score of 3-2.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Cody Glass finished off a play from Mikael Granlund and Josi on the power play for the final score.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The final score was 6–2, and the box score would show Puerto Rico was in command the whole game.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024
  • That 4-0 deficit held up as the final score in the Giants’ second shutout loss this season.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
  • This time, the Storm would be victorious with a final score of 84-71.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
  • The historic moment ended with the home team being crowned the victors and a final score of 3-0.
    — Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Some bets relate to the action on the filed, such as which player will score the first touchdown or what the final score will be.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Edmonton piled on for 7-1 with Holloway’s second goal of the night, and the final score on a Ryan McLeod shot.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
  • Each skater will get two 45-second runs and five tricks, the final score combining points from the best run and best two tricks.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • The Chiefs triumphed with a final score of 31-20, earning their third Super Bowl win.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The final score was 15-6, and the women shared a hug following the event's completion.
    — Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
  • The final score doesn't matter in preseason games of course, but the Titans did win 17-13.
    — Nate Rau, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The Cougars had a stretch of 24-straight points and won by more than 30, even though the game probably wasn’t even as close as the final score depicted.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The play set the Razorbacks up for a final score just before halftime.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Not surprisingly, all but one of the past six meetings have featured a final score in the teens.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2023

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